Health and hygiene in the colonias: Water and disease

Family and Community Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-58

  Mroz Jr , Richard C ^a   Morales, Loretta L ^a   VanDerslice, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonias; Environmental health; US Mexico border; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002606799     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-199604000-00008     Document Type: Article

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