A cluster-randomized trial assessing the impact of school water, sanitation and hygiene improvements on pupil enrolment and gender parity in enrolment

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 592-601

  Garn, Joshua V ^a   Greene, Leslie E ^a   Dreibelbis, Robert ^a,c   Saboori, Shadi ^a   Rheingans, Richard D ^b   Freeman, Matthew C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Enrolment; Gender parity; Kenya; Sanitation; WASH

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886022186     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2013.217     Document Type: Article

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