Solar disinfection of water reduces diarrhoeal disease: An update

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 337-338

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

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b ICROSS   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Diarrhoeal disease; Randomised controlled trial; Solar disinfection

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0032832727     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.81.4.337     Document Type: Article

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3. McGuigan KG, Joyce TM, Conroy RM, Gillespie JB, Elmore-Meegan M. Solar disinfection of drinking water contained in transparent plastic bottles: characterizing the bacterial inactivation process. J Appl Microbiol 1998;84:1138-48.