An improved tool for household faeces management in rural Bangladeshi communities

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 854-860

  Sultana, Rebeca ^a   Mondal, Utpal K ^a   Rimi, Nadia Ali ^a   Unicomb, Leanne ^a   Winch, Peter J ^b   Nahar, Nazmun ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^a,c  

^a Icddr B   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child sanitation; Diarrhoeal disease; Faeces management; Hardware; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DEFECATION; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DOMESTIC WASTE; FECES; HARDWARE; HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DEFECATION; FECES; HUMAN; LIQUID FECES; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFECATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FECES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHERS; OBSERVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SANITARY ENGINEERING;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84879227943     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12103     Document Type: Article

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