Upgrading a piped water supply from intermittent to continuous delivery and association with waterborne illness: a matched cohort study in urban India.
Intermittent delivery of piped water can lead to waterborne illness through contamination in the pipelines or during household storage, use of unsafe water sources during intermittencies, and limited water availability for hygiene. We assessed the association between continuous versus intermittent w...
Main Authors: | Ayse Ercumen, Benjamin F Arnold, Emily Kumpel, Zachary Burt, Isha Ray, Kara Nelson, John M Colford |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-10-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4624240?pdf=render |
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