Water handling, sanitation and defecation practices in rural southern India: a knowledge, attitudes and practices study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1124-1130

  Banda, Kalyan ^a   Sarkar, Rajiv ^a   Gopal, Srila ^a   Govindarajan, Jeyanthi ^a   Harijan, Bhim Bahadur ^a   Jeyakumar, Mary Benita ^a   Mitta, Philip ^a   Sadanala, Madhuri Evangeline ^a   Selwyn, Tryphena ^a   Suresh, Christina Rachel ^a   Thomas, Verghese Anjilivelil ^a   Devadason, Pethuru ^a   Kumar, Ranjit ^a   Selvapandian, David ^a   Kang, Gagandeep ^a   Balraj, Vinohar ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Culture; India; Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey; Sanitation; Water; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MOSQUITO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34548848011     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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