Difficulties in bringing point-of-use water treatment to scale in rural Guatemala

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 382-387

  Luby, Stephen P ^a   Mendoza, Carlos ^b   Keswick, Bruce H ^c   Chiller, Tom M ^d   Hoekstra, R Mike ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; DRINKING WATER; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; FOLLOW UP; GUATEMALA; QUESTIONNAIRE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ECONOMICS; FLOCCULATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTANTS; FLOCCULATION; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 42949101296     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.382     Document Type: Article

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