What prevents child diarrhoea? the impacts of water supply, toilets, and hand-washing in rural India

Journal of Development Effectiveness

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-370

  Fan, Victoria Yue May ^a   Mahal, Ajay ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Environmental health; Hand washing; India; Infrastructure; Sanitation and hygiene; Water

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HYGIENE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA;

EID: 84864531753     PISSN: 19439342     EISSN: 19439407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2011.596941     Document Type: Article

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