Is there an association between bacteriological drinking water quality and childhood diarrhoea in developing countries?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1210-1215

  Jensen, Peter Kjær ^a   Jayasinghe, Gayathri ^b   Van Der Hoek, Wim ^b   Cairncross, Sandy ^c   Dalsgaard, Anders ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Drinking water contamination; Escherichia coli; Pakistan; Sanitation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DRINKING WATER; SANITATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DRINKING; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 9644270355     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01329.x     Document Type: Article

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