Household effectiveness vs. laboratory efficacy of point-of-use chlorination

Water Research

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-77

  Levy, Karen ^a   Anderson, Larissa ^b   Robb, Katharine A ^a   Cevallos, William ^c   Trueba, Gabriel ^d   Eisenberg, Joseph N S ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Chlorination; Diarrhea; Ecuador; Household water treatment; Sodium hypochlorite; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; CONTAINERS; CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; SODIUM; TURBIDITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE TREATMENTS; CONDITION; DIARRHEA; ECUADOR; HOUSEHOLD WATER; HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT; LOG REDUCTIONS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; POINT-OF-USE; SOURCE WATERS;

WATER QUALITY;

CHLORINE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE;

CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; SAFETY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; JOB SECURITY; LABORATORY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ECUADOR;

CHLORINATION; DIARRHEA; ECUADOR; HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; WATER QUALITY;

CHLORINE; ECUADOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HALOGENATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84894320975     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.01.037     Document Type: Article

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