Does access to improved sanitation reduce childhood diarrhea in rural India?

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 410-427

  Kumar, Santosh ^a   Vollmer, Sebastian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

diarrhea; India; infrastructure; propensity score matching; sanitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SANITATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84874938853     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2809     Document Type: Article

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