Estimating the burden of disease from water, sanitation, and hygiene at a global level.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on May 01, 2002

Authors

Annette Prüss1, David Kay, Lorna Fewtrell, Jamie Bartram

Author Affiliations

1: World Health Organization, Protection of the Human Environment, Geneva, Switzerland. pruessa@who.int

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