Erratum to "Can information alone change behavior? Response to arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh" [Journal of Development Economics 84 (2007) 731-754] (DOI:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.12.002);Can information alone change behavior? Response to arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 731-754

  Madajewicz, Malgosia ^a   Pfaff, Alexander ^a   van Geen, Alexander ^a   Graziano, Joseph ^a   Hussein, Iftikhar ^b   Momotaj, Hasina ^b   Sylvi, Roksana ^c   Ahsan, Habibul ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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

^c NONE

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water; Health risk; Information

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; INFORMATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548058891     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.09.003     Document Type: Erratum

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