A community-based bacteriological study of quality of drinking-water and its feedback to a rural community in western Maharashtra, India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-150

  Tambe, Prachi V ^a   Daswani, Poonam G ^a   Mistry, Nerges F ^a,b   Ghadge, Appasaheb A ^b   Antia, Noshir H ^a,b  

^a FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Foundation for Research in Community Health India   (India)

Author keywords

Community participation; Diarrhoea; Drinking water; India; Interventions; Longitudinal studies; Water pollution; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 48249120341     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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