Effective use of household water treatment and safe storage in response to the 2010 haiti earthquake

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 426-433

  Lantagne, Daniele ^a,b   Clasen, Thomas ^a,b  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY; HAITI; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; TURBIDITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DISASTERS; DRINKING WATER; EARTHQUAKES; FILTRATION; HAITI; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84886016712     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0179     Document Type: Article

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