Safe water for travellers

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-318

  Krym, Valerie F ^a   MacDonald, Russell D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; GLUCOSE; HALOGEN; IODINE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAP WATER;

CHLORINATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GIARDIA; HEATING; HUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; SALMONELLA; SHORT SURVEY; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0041323071     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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