Baseline health situation of communities affected by the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project in central Lao PDR and indicators for monitoring

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-242

  Erlanger, Tobias E ^a   Sayasone, Somphou ^a,b   Krieger, Gary R ^c   Kaul, Surinder ^d,e   Sananikhom, Pany ^e   Tanner, Marcel ^a   Odermatt, Peter ^a   Utzinger, Jürg ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Institut de la Francophonie pour la Medecine Tropicale   (Laos)

^c NewFields   (United States)

^d International SOS   (Singapore)

^e Nam Theun 2 Power Company   (Laos)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Development; Health impact assessment; Health indicator; Hydroelectric project; Intestinal parasites; Lao PDR; Malaria; Malnutrition; Water and sanitation

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; INSECTICIDE; WATER;

ANEMIA; BASELINE SURVEY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FECES; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; NEMATODE; PARASITE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYDROPOWER; INFECTION RATE; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEMATODIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA; TAENIASIS; TREMATODIASIS; TRICHURIS; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LAOS; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; POWER PLANTS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; NAKAI PLATEAU; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THEUN RIVER;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 45849128357     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120701757815     Document Type: Article

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