Local drinking water filters reduce diarrheal disease in Cambodia: A randomized, controlled trial of the ceramic water purifier

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 394-400

  Brown, Joe ^a   Sobsey, Mark D ^b   Loomis, Dana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RAIN; SOAP; SURFACE WATER; TAP WATER; WELL WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FILTER; HAND WASHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 51949114455     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.394     Document Type: Article

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