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Drinking water improvements and rates of urinary and gastrointestinal infections in Galápagos, Ecuador: Assessing household and community factors.

Kelly M HouckEnrique TeránJuan OchoaGyssell N ZapataAna M GomezRafael ParraDenise DvorquezJill R StewartMargaret E BentleyAmanda L Thompson
Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2019)
To ensure access to clean water, public health works need to consider how household perceptions and practices influence tap water use and quality, in addition to infrastructure improvements. Exposures to contaminated tap water contribute to the burden of infectious disease in environments with inadequate water infrastructure.
Keyphrases
  • drinking water
  • public health
  • healthcare
  • primary care
  • infectious diseases
  • health risk
  • mental health
  • health risk assessment
  • heavy metals
  • risk factors