The effectiveness of educational interventions to enhance the adoption of fee-based arsenic testing in bangladesh: A cluster randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 138-144

  George, Christine Marie ^a,b   Inauen, Jennifer ^a,b   Rahman, Sheikh Masudur ^a,b   Zheng, Yan ^a,b  

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

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880622748     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0664     Document Type: Article

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