The sanitation ladder, what constitutes an improved form of sanitation?

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Published in Environ Sci Technol on January 06, 2015

Authors

Josephine L R Exley1, Bernard Liseka, Oliver Cumming, Jeroen H J Ensink

Author Affiliations

1: Environmental Health Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT, London, United Kingdom.

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