Tubewell water quality and predictors of contamination in three flood-prone areas in Bangladesh

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1002-1008

  Luby, S P ^a,b   Gupta, S K ^b   Sheikh, M A ^a   Johnston, R B ^c   Ram, P K ^b   Islam, M S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

^c UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Sanitary engineering; Sanitary inspection; Water drinking; Water microbiology

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOODS; INSPECTION; SANITARY ENGINEERING; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BANGLADESH; COLIFORMS; E. COLI; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; SANITARY INSPECTION; THERMOTOLERANT; TOTAL COLIFORMS; TUBEWELL-WATER; TUBEWELLS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

POTABLE WATER;

WELL WATER;

BACTERIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; PREDICTION; SANITATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WELL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BANGLADESH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 52049106862     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03826.x     Document Type: Article

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