Evaluation of the impact of the plastic biosand filter on health and drinking water quality in rural tamale, Ghana

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3806-3823

  Stauber, Christine E ^a   Kominek, Byron ^b   Liang, Kaida R ^b   Osman, Mumuni K ^c   Sobsey, Mark D ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c NORST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Diarrheal disease; E. coli; Water filtration; Water quality; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; FILTRATION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FILTER; GHANA; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC BIOSAND FILTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

GHANA; NORTHERN REGION [GHANA]; TAMALE;

EID: 84870823290     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9113806     Document Type: Article

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