Assessment of Water Use and Sanitation Behavior in a Rural Area of Bangladesh

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-57

  Taha, Attia Zeinalabdeen ^a   Hanif, Muhammad ^a   Ahmed, Hafiz Omer ^a   Sebai, Zohair Ahmed ^b   Shahidullah, Muhammad ^c  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Health Development International   (Saudi Arabia)

^c National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034015825     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890009603386     Document Type: Article

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