Solar disinfection of drinking water and diarrhoea in Maasai children: a controlled field trial

Solar radiation reduces the bacterial content of water, and may therefore offer a method for disinfection of drinking water that requires few resources and no expertise. We distributed plastic water bottles to 206 Maasai children aged 5–16 years whose drinking water was contaminated with faecal coli...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 1996-12, Vol.348 (9043), p.1695-1697
Hauptverfasser:	Conroy, Ronán M, Elmore-Meegan, Michael, Joyce, Tina, McGuigan, Kevin G, Barnes, Joseph
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Children & youth Diarrhea Diarrhea - epidemiology Diarrhea - prevention & control Disinfection Disinfection - methods Drinking Drinking water Field study Follow-Up Studies Households Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Kenya - epidemiology Medical sciences Miscellaneous Population Severity of Illness Index Solar radiation Sterilization Sun Sunlight Tropical bacterial diseases Tropical medicine Water Microbiology Water pollution
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