Solar disinfection of drinking water and diarrhoea in Maasai children: A controlled field trial

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9043, 1996, Pages 1695-1697

  Conroy, Ronán M ^a,b   Elmore Meegan, Michael ^b,c   Joyce, Tina ^a,b   McGuigan, Kevin G ^a,b   Barnes, Joseph ^a,b  

^a Dept of Epidemiol and Prev Med ^*  (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c ICROSS Rural Health Programmes   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUN; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030597507     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)02309-4     Document Type: Article

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