Importance of water and water-borne diseases: On the occasion of the world water day (march 22, 2013)

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-245

  Hatami, Hossein ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER; WATER;

BONE INJURY; CHOLERA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DROWNING; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALARIA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SAFETY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TOOTH DISEASE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER BORNE DISEASE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84876164372     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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