Microbial and metal water quality in rain catchments compared with traditional drinking water sources in the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-138

  Horak, Helena M ^a   Chynoweth, Joshua S ^b   Myers, Ward P ^c   Davis, Jennifer ^d   Fendorf, Scott ^e   Boehm, Alexandria B ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhoeal illness; Microbial water quality; Papua New Guinea; Rain catchments

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; METAL; RAIN; RIVER WATER; WELL WATER;

CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; METAL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RIVER WATER; VILLAGE; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

METALS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RAIN; RIVERS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EAST SEPIK; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77949359973     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.233     Document Type: Article

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