Utilization of safe drinking water and sanitary facilities in slum households of Siliguri, West Bengal

• Main Authors: Ditipriya Bhar (Author), Sharmistha Bhattacherjee (Author), Abhijit Mukherjee (Author), Tapas Kumar Sarkar (Author), Samir Dasgupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: With the rapid expansion of urban population, provision of safe water and basic sanitation is becoming a challenge; especially in slums. This is adversely affecting the health of the people living in such areas. Objectives: The study was conducted to measure the proportion of households...