Comment on "Point of use household drinking water filtration: A practical, effective solution for providing sustained access to safe drinking water in the developing world"

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 968-969

  Lantagne, Daniele ^a   Meierhofer, Regula ^b   Allgood, Greg ^c   McGuigan, K G ^d   Quick, Robert ^a  

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

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HYPOCHLORITE;

BIOFILTRATION; BIOSAFETY; CERAMICS; CHLORINATION; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FLOCCULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MORTALITY; POPULATION RISK; SAFETY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; FILTRATION; NOTE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISINFECTION; FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 63149099935     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802252c     Document Type: Letter

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