Impact on diarrhoeal illness of a community educational intervention to improve drinking water quality in rural communities in Puerto Rico

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hunter, Paul R ^a   Ramírez Toro, Graciela I ^b   Minnigh, Harvey A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c Gabriella and Paul Rosenbaum Foundation   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; DIARRHEA; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA; WATER QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951603983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-219     Document Type: Article

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