The impact of an urban sewerage system on childhood diarrhoea in Tehran, Iran: a concurrent control field trial

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 500-505

  Kolahi, Ali Asghar ^a   Rastegarpour, Ali ^a   Sohrabi, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Iran; Sanitation; Sewage; Urban health; Waste disposal, fluid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SANITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEWAGE; TOILET FACILITIES; URBAN HEALTH; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 63549141228     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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