EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR HEALTH BENEFITS FROM IMPROVED WATER AND SANITATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES1
Epidemiologic ReviewsPublished 1 January 1986
Steven A. Esrey, Jean‐Pierre Habicht
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L'amelioration of l'eau and de l'hygiene a des impacts benefiques sur la sante, notamment des enfants, dependent du type d'intervention, du degre d'exposition aux germes pathogenes dans la region and of the presence ou non de certains facteurs de risque.
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Journal Article EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR HEALTH BENEFITS FROM IMPROVED WATER AND SANITATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Get access STEVEN A. ESREY, STEVEN A. ESREY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar JEAN-PIERRE HABICHT JEAN-PIERRE HABICHT Reprint requests to Dr. Jean-Pierre Habicht Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 8, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 117–128, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036290 Published: 01 March 1986
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