Exploring associations between water, sanitation, and anemia through 47 nationally representative demographic and health surveys

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1450, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 249-267

  Kothari, Monica T ^a   Coile, Amanda ^a   Huestis, Arja ^a   Pullum, Tom ^b   Garrett, Dean ^a   Engmann, Cyril ^a,c  

^a PATH   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; demographic health survey; nutrition; sanitation; water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; SANITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; SANITATION; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85068194625     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14109     Document Type: Article

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