Response to comment on "a randomized intervention study of solar disinfection of drinking water (SODIS) in the prevention of dysentery in Kenyan children aged under 5 years"

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3036-3037

  Du Preez, Martella ^a   Conroy, Ronan M ^b   McGuigan, Kevin G ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; DYSENTERY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; LETTER; MALAYSIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOLAR DISINFECTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84857808977     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300396u     Document Type: Letter

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