How valuable are environmental health interventions? evaluation of water and sanitation programmes in india

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 535-542

  Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ^a   Poulos, Christine ^b   Yang, Jui Chen ^b   Patil, Sumeet ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c NEERMAN Sion (E)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER SUPPLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SEASONS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77954528248     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.066050     Document Type: Article

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