Household water treatment in developing countries: Comparing different intervention types using meta-regression

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 8991-8997

  Hunter, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC FILTERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EFFECT SIZE; HOUSEHOLD WATER; META-ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO MODEL; MONTE CARLO MODELING; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; REGRESSION MODEL; RELATIVE RISKS; REPORTING BIAS; STANDARD ERRORS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WASTE STORAGE; WATER-BORNE DISEASE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; COAGULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FUEL FILTERS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK PERCEPTION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHLORINE;

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; META-ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER TREATMENT; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 72249105301     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9028217     Document Type: Article

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