Community and household determinants of water quality in coastal Ghana

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-349

  McGarvey, Stephen T ^a   Buszin, Justin ^a   Reed, Holly ^a   Smith, David C ^b   Rahman, Zarah ^a   Andrzejewski, Catherine ^a   Awusabo Asare, Kofi ^c   White, Michael J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

E. coli; Ghana; Household water source; Rural urban effects; Sanitation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RAIN; SURFACE WATER; TAP WATER; WELL WATER;

DRINKING WATER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INVESTMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FRESH WATER; GHANA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SANITATION; SOCIAL CLASS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 53349160883     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2008.057     Document Type: Article

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