Drinking water and diarrhoeal disease due to Escherichia coli

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 65-72

  Hunter, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Escherichia coli; Virulence; Waterborne disease

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEALTH; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 4944257796     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2003.0008     Document Type: Article

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