Acceptability of solar disinfection of drinking water treatment in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 361-372

  Rainey, Rochelle C ^a   Harding, Anna K ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Drinking water; Health belief model; Nepal; Solar disinfection

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOLAR POWER; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; NEPAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SANITATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STOMACH DISEASE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; NEPAL; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 27644593452     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120500289168     Document Type: Article

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