Relationship (or its lack) between population and a water and sanitation service: A study of users' perception in Vitória (ES) Brazil

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 764-778

  Da Silva, Sara Ramos ^a   Heller, Léo ^b   Valadares, Jorge De Campos ^c   Cairncross, Sandy ^d  

^a INSTITUTO FEDERAL DO ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Discourse of the collective subject; Health risk; Potable water; Qualitative analysis; Users' perception; Water and sanitation service

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; SANITATION;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WITNESS;

BRAZIL; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; ESPIRITO SANTO; VITORIA [ESPIRITO SANTO];

EID: 78650814164     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.067     Document Type: Article

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