Impact of water supply and sanitation on diarrheal morbidity among young children in the socioeconomic and cultural context of Rwanda (Africa)

Environmental Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 76-88

  Gasana, Janvier ^a   Morin, Jules ^b   Ndikuyeze, Andre ^c   Kamoso, Pie ^d  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Miami Dade County   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Diarrheal diseases; Sanitation; Sociocultural context; Water supply

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CHILD MORTALITY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RWANDA; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED NATIONS; VACCINATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

RWANDA;

EID: 0036798201     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2002.4394     Document Type: Article

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