Surveillance of the drinking water quality din the Legal Amazon: analysis of vulnerable areas

Abstract Low quality drinking water has been directly correlated to the occurrence of waterborne illnesses in northern Brazil. To minimize health risks related to the water supply, the Ministry of Health has proposed the implementation of the National Program for the Surveillance of Drinking Water Q...

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Main Authors: Cíntia Honório Vasconcelos, Rosane Cristina de Andrade, Camila Vicente Bonfim, Rodrigo Matias de Sousa Resende, Fernanda Barbosa de Queiroz, Mariely Helena Barbosa Daniel, Jamyle Calencio Grigoletto, Adriana Rodrigues Cabral, Andre Luciancencov Redivo, Julio Cesar Verneque Lacerda, Daniela Buosi Rohlfs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2016-02-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Coletiva
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-462X2016000100014&tlng=en