Public perception of drinking water from private water supplies: Focus group analyses

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Jones, Andria Q ^a   Dewey, Catherine E ^b   Doré, Kathryn ^b,c   Majowicz, Shannon E ^b,c   McEwen, Scott A ^b   Waltner Toews, David ^b   Henson, Spencer J ^b   Mathews, Eric ^d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CITY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; SCIENCE; WATER SUPPLY; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC OPINION; SAFETY; STANDARDS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC OPINION; SAFETY; URBAN POPULATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 30044447177     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-129     Document Type: Article

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