Rural drinking water at supply and household levels: Quality and management

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 451-460

  Hoque, Bilqis A ^a,b   Hallman, Kelly ^b   Levy, Jason ^c,d   Bouis, Howarth ^e   Ali, Nahid ^f   Khan, Feroze ^g   Khanam, Sufia ^a   Kabir, Mamun ^g   Hossain, Sanower ^a   Shah Alam, Mohammad ^h  

^a Environment and Population Research Center (EPRC)   (Bangladesh)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e International Food Policy Research Institute   (United States)

^f Syngenta Bangladesh Limited   (Bangladesh)

^g INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^h UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fecal coliform; Household; Supply; Water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BANGLADESH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES CULTURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; MORBIDITY; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33748183766     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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