"Cholera forcing": The myth of the good epidemic and the coming of good water

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1946-1954

  Hamlin, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHOLERA VACCINE; DRINKING WATER; WATER;

AFRICA; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MONEY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SANITATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHOLERA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; SANITARY ENGINEERING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70349897917     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.165688     Document Type: Review

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