The effect of water quality testing on household behavior: Evidence from an experiment in rural India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-22

  Hamoudi, Amar ^a   Jeuland, Marc ^a   Lombardo, Sarah ^b   Patil, Sumeet ^c   Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ^a   Rai, Shailesh ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Network for Engineering and Economics Research and Management   (India)

^d Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab South Asia   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PURCHASING; RANDOMIZATION; RISK; RURAL AREA; STORAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; INDIA; RURAL POPULATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84863746880     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0051     Document Type: Article

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