Combining drinking water treatment and hand washing for diarrhoea prevention, a cluster randomised controlled trial

@article{Luby2006CombiningDW,
  title={Combining drinking water treatment and hand washing for diarrhoea prevention, a cluster randomised controlled trial},
  author={S. Luby and M. Agboatwalla and J. Painter and A. Altaf and W. Billhimer and B. Keswick and R. M. Hoekstra},
  journal={Tropical Medicine & International Health},
  year={2006},
  volume={11}
}
Objectives  To evaluate the effectiveness of point of use water treatment with flocculent‐disinfectant on reducing diarrhoea and the additional benefit of promoting hand washing with soap. 
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Interventional Clinical Trial
Pakistan Flocculent Health Outcome Study
This study is designed to evaluate the effect of different methods of drinking water treatment on the occurrence of diarrhea among children living in squatter settlements in… Expand
ConditionsDiarrhea
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
March 2003 - January 2004

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