Effects of source-versus household contamination of tubewell water on child diarrhea in Rural Bangladesh: A randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Ercumen, Ayse ^a   Naser, Abu Mohd ^b   Unicomb, Leanne ^b   Arnold, Benjamin F ^a   Colford, John M ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; HALOGENATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BANGLADESH; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DRINKING WATER; HALOGENATION; HUMANS; INFANT; RURAL POPULATION; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84929467416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121907     Document Type: Article

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