A randomized, controlled trial of in-home drinking water intervention to reduce gastrointestinal illness

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 472-482

  Colford Jr , John M ^a   Wade, Timothy J ^a,b   Sandhu, Sukhminder K ^a,c   Wright, Catherine C ^a   Lee, Sherline ^c   Shaw, Susan ^b   Fox, Kim ^b   Burns, Susan ^a   Benker, Anne ^a   Brookhart, M Alan ^a   Van Der Laan, Mark ^a   Levy, Deborah A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Drinking; Epidemiologic studies; Gastrointestinal diseases; Intervention studies; Randomized controlled trials; Water; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; GASTROENTERITIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FILTER; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOMITING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DRINKING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IOWA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20044363463     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi067     Document Type: Article

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