The cure for cholera - Improving access to safe water and sanitation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 592-594

  Waldman, Ronald J ^a   Mintz, Eric D ^b   Papowitz, Heather E ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; DRINKING WATER;

CHOLERA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84873627221     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1214179     Document Type: Article

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