Defining safe drinking water

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 607-609

  Franco, Eduardo L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRINKING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DRINKING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; RESEARCH DESIGN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031262721     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199711000-00001     Document Type: Article

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