Effect of chlorination of drinking-water on water quality and childhood diarrhoea in a village in Pakistan

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-31

  Jensen, Peter K ^a   Ensink, Jeroen H J ^b   Jayasinghe, Gayathri ^c   van der Hoek, Wim ^c   Cairncross, Sandy ^d   Dalsgaard, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b International Water Mngmt Institute   (Pakistan)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorination; Drinking water; Escherichia coli; Pakistan; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PAKISTAN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037650050     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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