Modeling the complexities of water, hygiene, and health in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 13512-13520

  Mellor, Jonathan E ^a   Smith, James A ^a   Learmonth, Gerard P ^a   Netshandama, Vhonani O ^b   Dillingham, Rebecca A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; FIELD DATA COLLECTION; LOW LEVEL; POOR HOUSEHOLDS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER COLLECTION; WATER CONTAINERS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER STORAGE;

BIOFILMS; CONTAINERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

WATER TREATMENT;

DRINKING WATER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOFILM; CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HYGIENE; RESEARCH WORK; STAKEHOLDER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STORAGE;

AGENT BASED MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; EARLY CHILDHOOD DIARRHEA; HYGIENE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SANITATION; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

HEALTH; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER;

LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84871260053     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3038966     Document Type: Article

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