Boiling as household water treatment in Cambodia: A longitudinal study of boiling practice and microbiological effectiveness

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 394-398

  Brown, Joseph ^a   Sobsey, Mark D ^b  

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

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BOILING POINT; CAMBODIA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

CAMBODIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRINKING WATER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOT TEMPERATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; STEM CELLS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84865958993     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0715     Document Type: Article

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