Safe drinking water: An attainable goal, key to health and development, appears farther away

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-2

  Guerrant, Richard L ^a   Moore, Sean R ^a   Lima, Aldo A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CHOLERA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SHIGELLOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034092870     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(00)90057-2     Document Type: Editorial

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