Effect of Household-Based Drinking Water Chlorination on Diarrhoea among Children under Five in Orissa, India: A Double-Blind Randomised Placebo-Controlled Trial

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Boisson, Sophie ^a   Stevenson, Matthew ^a   Shapiro, Lily ^a   Kumar, Vinod ^b   Singh, Lakhwinder P ^b   Ward, Dana ^c   Clasen, Thomas ^a  

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

^b Institute of Health Management Research   (India)

^c POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PLACEBO; TROCLOSENE;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84883223763     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001497     Document Type: Article

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