Purification of household water using a novel mixture reduces diarrhoeal disease in Matlab, Bangladesh

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 341-345

  Islam, M S ^a   Mahmud, Z H ^a   Uddin, M H ^a   Islam, K ^a   Yunus, M ^a   Nair, G B ^a   Endtz, H P ^a   Sack, D A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Diarrhoeal disease; Household; Water; Water purification

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DIARRHEA; HOUSEHOLD; RURAL POPULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALUM COMPOUNDS; BANGLADESH; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OXIDES; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956123789     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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