A pilot randomized, controlled trial of an in-home drinking water intervention among HIV + persons

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-184

  Colford Jr , John M ^a   Saha, Sona R ^a   Wade, Timothy J ^b   Wright, Catherine C ^a   Vu, Mai ^c   Charles, Sandra ^c   Jensen, Peter ^c   Hubbard, Alan ^a   Levy, Deborah A ^d   Eisenberg, Joseph N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water quality; Gastroenteritis; HIV; Randomized trial; Triple blinding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAN FRANCISCO; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 27144457508     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2005.0016     Document Type: Article

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