Not just a drop in the bucket: Expanding access to point-of-use water treatment systems

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1565-1570

  Mintz, E D ^a   Bartram, J ^a   Lochery, P ^a   Wegelin, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CHLORINATION; COST; DISINFECTION; MIGRATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0034801997     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.91.10.1565     Document Type: Review

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