Implications of WASH Benefits trials for water and sanitation – Authors' reply

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2018, Pages e616-e617

  Arnold, Benjamin F ^a   Null, Clair ^b   Luby, Stephen P ^c   Colford, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; WATER;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BANGLADESH; CHILD GROWTH; DEFECATION HABIT; DIARRHEA; FAECAL CONTAMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SANITATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL MEDICINE; URBAN AREA; HAND DISINFECTION; WATER SUPPLY;

HAND DISINFECTION; SANITATION; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85046749228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30229-8     Document Type: Letter

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