Effect of water quality, sanitation, hand washing, and nutritional interventions on child development in rural Bangladesh (WASH Benefits Bangladesh): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 255-268

  Tofail, Fahmida ^a   Fernald, Lia CH ^b   Das, Kishor K ^a   Rahman, Mahbubur ^a   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a   Jannat, Kaniz K ^a   Unicomb, Leanne ^a   Arnold, Benjamin F ^b   Ashraf, Sania ^a   Winch, Peter J ^c   Kariger, Patricia ^b   Stewart, Christine P ^d   Colford, John M ^b   Luby, Stephen P ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHLORINATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85043598645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(18)30031-2     Document Type: Article

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