Seasonality, disease and behavior: Using multiple methods to explore socio-environmental health risks in the Mekong Delta

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Few, Roger ^a   Lake, Iain ^a   Hunter, Paul R ^b   Tran, Pham Gia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Behavior; Diarrheal disease; Drinking water; Health risk; Hygiene; Qualitative research; Seasonality; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOODING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN POPULATION; VIET NAM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER POLLUTION;

DIARRHEA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876463161     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.12.027     Document Type: Article

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