The Long-Term Dynamics of Mortality Benefits from Improved Water and Sanitation in Less Developed Countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Jeuland, Marc A ^a   Fuente, David E ^b   Ozdemir, Semra ^c   Allaire, Maura C ^d   Whittington, Dale ^b,d,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC; EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC NAMES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INVESTMENT; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SANITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84885115706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074804     Document Type: Article

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