The elusive effect of water and sanitation on the global burden of disease

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 522-527

  Schmidt, Wolf Peter ^a  

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

Author keywords

Disease burden; Sanitation; Water

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SELECTION BIAS; SELF REPORT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER QUALITY;

COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84898040867     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12286     Document Type: Editorial

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