H2S as an indicator of water supply vulnerability and health risk in low-resource settings: A prospective cohort study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 251-259

  Khush, Ranjiv S ^a   Arnold, Benjamin F ^b   Srikanth, Padma ^c   Sudharsanam, Suchithra ^c   Ramaswamy, Padmavathi ^c   Durairaj, Natesan ^c   London, Alicia G ^a   Ramaprabha, Prabhakar ^c   Rajkumar, Paramasivan ^c   Balakrishnan, Kalpana ^c   Colford Jr , John M ^b  

^a Aquaya Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RURAL AREA; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84881496283     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0067     Document Type: Article

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