The Zimbabwe Cholera Epidemic of 2008-2009

Water and Sanitation-Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions, and Preventive Measures

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 205-210

  Dodge, Edward ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AFRICA UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cholera outbreak, Chitungwiza; Safe water supplies; Zimbabwe cholera, 2008 2009

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886316255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118148594.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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