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Health effect of human wastes use in agriculture in El Azzouzia (the wastewater spreading area of Marrakesh city, Morocco)

Ait Melloul Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakesh, 40 000, Morocco
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O. Amahmid Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakesh, 40 000, Morocco
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L. Hassani Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakesh, 40 000, Morocco
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K. Bouhoum Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakesh, 40 000, Morocco
Pages 17-23 | Published online: 21 Jul 2010

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