Global assessment of exposure to faecal contamination through drinking water based on a systematic review

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 917-927

  Bain, Robert ^a   Cronk, Ryan ^a   Hossain, Rifat ^b   Bonjour, Sophie ^b   Onda, Kyle ^a   Wright, Jim ^c   Yang, Hong ^c   Slaymaker, Tom ^d   Hunter, Paul ^e   Prüss Ustün, Annette ^b   Bartram, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d WATERAID   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease burden; Drinking water; E. coli; Thermotolerant coliform; Water safety

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

DATABASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PIPELINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FECES CONTAMINATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA;

AGUA PARA CONSUMO HUMANO; CARA DE ENFERMEDAD; CHARGE DE MORBIDITÉ; COLIFORME TERMOTOLERANTE; COLIFORMES THERMO-TOLÉRANTS; DISEASE BURDEN; DRINKING WATER; E. COLI; EAU POTABLE; SEGURIDAD DEL AGUA; SÉCURITÉ DE L'EAU; THERMOTOLERANT COLIFORM; WATER SAFETY;

BACTERIA; DRINKING WATER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84903538748     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12334     Document Type: Article

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