Water Quality Index for measuring drinking water quality in rural Bangladesh: A crosssectional study

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Akter, Tahera ^a   Jhohura, Fatema Tuz ^a   Akter, Fahmida ^a   Chowdhury, Tridib Roy ^a   Mistry, Sabuj Kanti ^a   Dey, Digbijoy ^a   Barua, Milan Kanti ^a   Islam, Md Akramul ^a   Rahman, Mahfuzar ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; BRAC; Chemical parameters; WASH program; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; BANGLADESH; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RURAL HEALTH; SALINITY; STANDARDS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MANGANESE; RURAL HEALTH; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84957699681     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: 20721315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s41043-016-0041-5     Document Type: Article

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