Water, sanitation, and hygiene at Kyoto

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7405, 2003, Pages 3-4

  Curtis, Val ^a   Cairncross, Sandy ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP; WATER;

DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0038721793     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7405.3     Document Type: Editorial

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