Impact of rainfall on diarrheal disease risk associated with unimproved water and sanitation

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 705-711

  Bhavnani, Darlene ^a   Goldstick, Jason E ^a   Cevallos, William ^b   Trueba, Gabriel ^c   Eisenberg, Joseph N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ECUADOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SANITATION; URBAN POPULATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; DYSENTERY; ECUADOR; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898719911     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0371     Document Type: Article

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