Helminth transmission in simple pit latrines

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 709-710

  Baker, Sarah M ^a   Ensink, Jeroen H J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Pit latrines; Sanitation; Soil transmitted helminths; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SANITATION;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POVERTY; SANITATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TANZANIA; TOILET FACILITIES;

VERMES;

EID: 84867333174     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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