The geographic and demographic scope of shared sanitation: An analysis of national survey data from low- and middle-income countries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1334-1345

  Heijnen, Marieke ^a   Rosa, Ghislaine ^a   Fuller, James ^b   Eisenberg, Joseph N S ^b   Clasen, Thomas ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic and Health Surveys; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PREVALENCE; SANITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HYGIENE; MALE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AFRICA; AMERICAS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84907873411     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12375     Document Type: Article

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