Estimating the costs and health benefits of water and sanitation improvements at global level

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 467-480

  Haller, Laurence ^a   Hutton, Guy ^b   Bartram, Jamie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Sanitation; Water and sanitation costs; Water and sanitation improvements; Water supply

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH IMPACT; POLICY APPROACH; SANITATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD; MORTALITY; POLICY; SEWAGE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SANITARY ENGINEERING; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 36849009579     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2007.008     Document Type: Article

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