Balancing responsibility for sanitation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1539-1551

  Allison, Maria Clasina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Governance; Responsibility; Rights; Sanitation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; REGULATORY APPROACH; SANITATION; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICS; RESPONSIBILITY; SANITATION; SOCIETY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; SANITATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036842114     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00286-6     Document Type: Article

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