Measuring the impact of water supply and sanitation investments on diarrhoeal diseases: Problems of methodology

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 357-365

  Blum, Deborah ^a,b   Feachem, Richard G ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; SANITATION; SEASON; WATER SUPPLY;

AGE FACTORS; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMAN; SANITATION; SEASONS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0020827393     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/12.3.357     Document Type: Article

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