Hygiene, sanitation, and water: Forgotten foundations of health

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Bartram, Jamie ^a   Cairncross, Sandy ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; HYGIENE; SANITATION;

HUMANS; HYGIENE; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78649926152     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000367     Document Type: Article

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