Estimating the impact of unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene on the global burden of disease: Evolving and alternative methods

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 884-893

  Clasen, Thomas ^a,b   Pruss Ustun, Annette ^c   Mathers, Colin D ^c   Cumming, Oliver ^b   Cairncross, Sandy ^b   Colford, John M ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global burden of disease; Sanitation; Water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HYGIENE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRACUNCULIASIS; DYSENTERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALARIA; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PARATYPHOID FEVER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRACHOMA; TRICHURIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGUA; ASSAINISSEMENT; CARGA GLOBAL DE ENFERMEDAD; CHARGE MONDIALES DE MORBIDITÉ; EAU; GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE; SANEAMIENTO; SANITATION; WATER;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIARRHEA; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84903587478     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12330     Document Type: Article

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