Psychosocial stress associated with sanitation practices: Experiences of women in a rural community in India

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 115-126

  Hirve, Siddhivinayak ^a   Lele, Pallavi ^a   Sundaram, Neisha ^b   Chavan, Uddhavi ^a   Weiss, Mitchell ^b   Steinmann, Peter ^b   Juvekar, Sanjay ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hygiene; India; Psychosocial stress; Sanitation; Toilets; WASH

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930701648     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2014.110     Document Type: Article

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