Open AccessDrinking Rainwater: A Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Study of Water Treatment Filters and Gastroenteritis Incidence
Author(s) -
Shelly Rodrigo,
Martha Sinclair,
Andrew Forbes,
David Cunliffe,
Karin Leder
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2009.185389
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , blinding , vomiting , randomized controlled trial , nausea , diarrhea , rainwater harvesting , rate ratio , pediatrics , demography , physics , optics , sociology , ecology , biology
We examined whether drinking untreated rainwater, a practice that is on the rise in developed countries because of water shortages, contributes to community gastroenteritis incidence.
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