Fecal contamination of drinking-water in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Published in PLoS Med on May 06, 2014

Authors

Robert Bain1, Ryan Cronk1, Jim Wright2, Hong Yang2, Tom Slaymaker3, Jamie Bartram1

Author Affiliations

1: The Water Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
2: University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
3: WaterAid UK, London, United Kingdom.

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