High adherence is necessary to realize health gains from water quality interventions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Brown, Joe ^a   Clasen, Thomas ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CAMPYLOBACTER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; PROTOZOON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FAMILY SIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

PROTOZOA;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DRINKING WATER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTAVIRUS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84860636906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036735     Document Type: Article

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