Impact of a Citywide Sanitation Program in Northeast Brazil on Intestinal Parasites Infection in Young Children

BACKGROUND: Sanitation affects health, especially that of young children. Residents of Salvador, in Northeast Brazil, have had a high prevalence of intestinal parasites. A citywide sanitation intervention started in 1996 aimed to raise the level of sewer coverage from 26% to 80% of households. OBJEC...

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Autores principales: Barreto, Mauricio L., Genser, Bernd, Strina, Agostino, Teixeira, Maria Gloria, Assis, Ana Marlucia O., Rego, Rita F., Teles, Carlos A., Prado, Matildes S., Matos, Sheila M.A., Alcântara-Neves, Neuza M., Cairncross, Sandy
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20705544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1002058

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20705544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1002058

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