Water disinfection for international and wilderness travelers

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 355-364

  Backer, Howard ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WATER TREATMENT;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILTRATION; HALOGENS; HEAT; HUMANS; OXIDES; OZONE; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SILVER; TRAVEL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036467140     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324747     Document Type: Article

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