Effect of deep tube well use on childhood diarrhoea in Bangladesh

• Main Authors: V Escamilla (Author), B Wagner (Author), M Yunus (Author), PK Streatfield (Author), A Van Geen (Author), M Emch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the installation of deep tube wells to reduce exposure to groundwater arsenic in rural Bangladesh had an effect on the incidence of childhood diarrhoeal disease. METHODS: Episodes of diarrhoeal disease in children aged under 5 years that occurred on one specified day...