Association of supply type with fecal contamination of source water and household stored drinking water in developing countries: A bivariate meta-analysis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1222-1231

  Shields, Katherine F ^a   Bain, Robert E S ^a,b   Cronk, Ryan ^a   Wright, Jim A ^c   Bartram, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

BACTERIUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY SIZE; FECES; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRINKING WATER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FECES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84930645590     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409002     Document Type: Review

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