Assessment of a water filtration device for household use in rural communities in Mexico

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 65-69

  Galvan M ^a   De Victorica, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacterial removal; Drinking water; Filtration health risks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL REMOVAL; FAECAL STREPTOCOCCI; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELMINTH EGGS; MEXICO; PROTOZOAN CYSTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STONE FILTER;

DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; RURAL AREAS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

WATER FILTRATION;

DRINKING WATER;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FILTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELMINTH; MEXICO; PROTOZOON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RURAL POPULATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS; VERMES;

EID: 0030804351     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00236-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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