Quality of water the slum dwellers use: The case of a Kenyan slum

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 829-838

  Kimani Murage, Elizabeth Wambui ^a   Ngindu, Augustine M ^b  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Coliforms; Contamination; Kenya; Poverty; Sanitary practices; Sanitation; Slums; Urban poor; Urbanization; Water; Water quality

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; KENYA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; HUMANS; KENYA; POVERTY AREAS; SANITATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 37249008242     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-007-9199-x     Document Type: Article

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