Safe Drinking Water for Low-Income Regions

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 203-231

  Amrose, Susan ^a   Burt, Zachary ^b   Ray, Isha ^b  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Disinfection; Health outcomes; Household water treatment and safe storage; User preference; Water quality; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DISINFECTION; HEALTH; WAGES; WATER QUALITY; WATERWORKS;

HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH OUTCOMES; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; SAFE DRINKING WATER; SAFE STORAGE; USER PREFERENCE; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 84946819175     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-031411-091819     Document Type: Review

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