Millennium development goals and the water target: Details, definitions and debate

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 540-544

  Dar, Osman A ^a,b   Khan, Mishal S ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Research Alliance for Advocacy and Development (RAAD)   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Millennium development goals; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ETIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; SANITATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79954792509     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02736.x     Document Type: Article

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