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Editorial
. 2007 Apr 14;334(7597):755-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39168.485544.BE.

Quality of drinking water

Stephen P Luby
Editorial

Quality of drinking water

Stephen P Luby. BMJ. .

Abstract

Household interventions to improve microbiological quality of water reduce diarrhoea

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: SPL has received funding from Procter and Gamble to evaluate their point of use water treatment products.

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