Evaluating the sustained health impact of household chlorination of drinking water in rural Haiti

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 786-795

  Harshfield, Eric ^a   Lantagne, Daniele ^b   Turbes, Anna ^c   Null, Clair ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CHILD; CHLORINE; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTANTS; DRINKING WATER; HAITI; HUMANS;

EID: 84869098656     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0010     Document Type: Article

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