A prospective epidemiological study of gastrointestinal health effects due to the consumption of drinking water

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-31

  Payment, Pierre ^a   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a   Richardson, Lesley ^a   Renaud, Gilles ^a   Franco, Eduardo ^b   Prévost, Michèle ^c  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Epidemiologic study; Gastrointestinal illness; Health effects; Waterborne disease

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0030967190     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603129773977     Document Type: Article

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