Water, sanitation, hygiene and enteric infections in children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 629-634

  Brown, Joe ^a   Cairncross, Sandy ^a   Ensink, Jeroen H J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; DRINKING WATER; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FOOD HYGIENE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HAND WASHING; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALABSORPTION; MALNUTRITION; NECATOR AMERICANUS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; NUTRITION; PARASITOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DYSENTERY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84881225432     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-301528     Document Type: Article

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