Where there is no toilet: Water and sanitation environments of domestic and facility births in Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Benova, Lenka ^a   Cumming, Oliver ^a   Gordon, Bruce A ^b   Magoma, Moke ^c   Campbell, Oona M R ^a  

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

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Bugando Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME DELIVERY; LIVE BIRTH; TANZANIA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; BIRTH; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PARTURITION; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84906991507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106738     Document Type: Article

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