Evaluation of the role of school children in the promotion of point-of-use water treatment and handwashing in schools and households - Nyanza Province, Western Kenya, 2007

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 664-671

  Blanton, Elizabeth ^a   Ombeki, Sam ^b   Oluoch, Gordon Otieno ^b   Mwaki, Alex ^b   Wannemuehler, Kathleen ^a   Quick, Rob ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FLOCCULATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; WATER TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS; WATER PURIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950927992     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0422     Document Type: Article

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