Water recycling - Forwards or backwards for public health?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 238-239

  Collignon, Peter J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ENERGY COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LETTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OSMOSIS; STANDARD; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; OSMOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70349567533     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02769.x     Document Type: Letter

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