Knowledge of measures to safeguard harvested rainwater quality in rural domestic households

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 334-345

  Baguma, David ^a   Loiskandl, Willibald ^b   Darnhofer, Ika ^b   Jung, Helmut ^b   Hauser, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gutter management; Health; Rainwater collection; Rural knowledge; Uganda

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HYGIENE; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAINWATER; RURAL AREA; STORAGE TANK; WATER QUALITY; WATER STORAGE; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; TANK; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAIN; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; WATER PURIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

UGANDA;

EID: 77952320647     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.030     Document Type: Article

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