Drinking water in rural India: A study of deficiency, quality and some social implications

Water Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 885-897

  Biswas, Pradip Kumar ^a   Mandal, Kasturi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies India   (India)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Disease; Illiteracy; Poverty; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651355679     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2010.005     Document Type: Article

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