Hygiene, sanitation, and water: What needs to be done?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Cairncross, Sandy ^a   Bartram, Jamie ^b   Cumming, Oliver ^c   Brocklehurst, Clarissa ^d  

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

^b IL   (United States)

^c WATERAID   (United Kingdom)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; POLITICS; SANITATION; SCALE UP; WATER SUPPLY;

HUMANS; HYGIENE; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78649944536     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000365     Document Type: Article

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