Association of nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene practices with children’s nutritional status, intestinal parasitic infections and diarrhoea in rural Nepal: a cross-sectional study
Abstract Background Providing universal access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in remote Nepal remains challenging. We investigated WASH conditions and their association with children’s nutritional status, intestinal parasitic infections and diarrhoea. Methods Data was collected through...
Main Authors: | Akina Shrestha, Jeanne Six, Dikshya Dahal, Sara Marks, Regula Meierhofer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-08-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-09302-3 |
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