Diarrhoea prevention in Bolivia through point-of-use water treatment and safe storage: A promising new strategy

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-90

  Quick, R E ^a,e   Venczel, L V ^b   Mintz, E D ^a   Soleto, L ^c   Aparicio, J ^c   Gironaz, M ^c   Hutwagner, L ^a   Greene, K ^a   Bopp, C ^a   Maloney, K ^a   Chavez, D ^d   Sobsey, M ^b   Tauxe, R V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales   (Bolivia)

^d Villa Cochabamba Health Center   (Bolivia)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; STORAGE; URBAN POPULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0033054468     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001782     Document Type: Article

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