Shared sanitation versus individual household latrines: A systematic review of health outcomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Heijnen, Marieke ^a   Cumming, Oliver ^a   Peletz, Rachel ^a   Chan, Gabrielle Ka Seen ^a   Brown, Joe ^c   Baker, Kelly ^b   Clasen, Thomas ^a,b  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD LATRINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SHARED SANITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHOMA; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN AREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; PROCEDURES;

HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; SANITATION; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 84899754345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093300     Document Type: Review

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