Factors associated with use of improved water sources and sanitation among rural primary schoolchildren in Pursat Province, Cambodia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1022-1031

  En, Wee Liang ^a   Gan, Goh Lee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Sanitation; Schoolchildren; Water source

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054963954     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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