Water usage habits and the incidence of diarrhea in rural Ankara, Turkey

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1131-1135

  Özkan, Seçil ^a   Tüzün, Hakan ^a   Görer, Nilgün ^a   Ceyhan, Mustafa ^a   Aycan, Sefer ^a   Albayrak, Selda ^a   Bumin, Mehmet Ali ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Hygiene; Incidence; Rural health; Turkey; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPTIC TANK; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUMMER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TURKEY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34548848009     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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