Encouraging sanitation investment in the developing world: A cluster-randomized trial

Science

Volumn 348, Issue 6237, 2015, Pages 903-906

  Guiteras, Raymond ^a   Levinsohn, James ^b   Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; HYGIENE; INVESTMENT; MARKETING; OWNERSHIP; POLICY ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKETING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HYGIENE; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES;

BANGLADESH;

BANGLADESH; DEFECATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH PLANNING SUPPORT; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 84930007912     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa0491     Document Type: Article

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