Hands, Water, and Health: Fecal Contamination in Tanzanian Communities with Improved, Non-Networked Water Supplies

Pickering, Amy J., Davis, Jennifer, Walters, Sarah P., Horak, Helena M., Keymer, Daniel P., Mushi, Douglas, Strickfaden, Rachelle, Chynoweth, Joshua S. +4 more·2010·Environmental Science & Technology
DOI 10.1021/es903524m

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