Waterborne hazards in children

Annales Nestle

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 55-65

  Kistemann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BROMATE; CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; LEAD; NITRATE; PESTICIDE; TRIHALOMETHANE;

BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHOLERA; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILARIASIS; FLOOD TIDE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUOROSIS; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION; INTOXICATION; LEAD POISONING; MALARIA; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; REVIEW; SANITATION; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TYPHOID FEVER; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33645063494     PISSN: 05178606     EISSN: 16614011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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