The urgent need for environmental sanitation and a safe drinking water supply in Mbandjock, Cameroon

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-22

  Tchounwou, P B ^a,c   Lantum, D M ^a   Monkiedje, A ^a   Takougang, I ^a   Barbazan, Ph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^c Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; SANITATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030852920     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900217     Document Type: Article

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