Escherichia coli in household drinking water and diarrheal disease risk: Evidence from Cambodia

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 757-763

  Brown, J M ^a   Proum, S ^b   Sobsey, M D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH   (Cambodia)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Diarrhea; Drinking water; E. coli

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK; STORAGE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CAMBODIA; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 53549133387     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.439     Document Type: Article

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