Flowing away: Water and health opportunities

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-

  Bartram, Jamie ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CANADA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLLUTANT; SANITATION; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 38049069767     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.049619     Document Type: Editorial

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