Water Supply and Health

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Hunter, Paul R ^a   MacDonald, Alan M ^b   Carter, Richard C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c WATERAID   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT MORTALITY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MALNUTRITION; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; HEALTH;

HEALTH; HUMANS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78649916111     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000361     Document Type: Article

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