Solar water disinfection in household settings: hype or hope?
editorial · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 19688033.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000127 and PMC identifier 2718702.
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Abstract
Zulfiqar Bhutta discusses a new trial of solar water disinfection in rural Bolivia, and questions whether such technologies offer just hype or new hope for communities struggling with unclean water and poor sanitation.
Medical subject headings
- Diarrhea
- Disinfection
- Sunlight
- Water Microbiology
- Water Purification
- Water Supply