Prevalence and predictors of water-borne diseases among elderly people in India: evidence from Longitudinal Ageing Study in India, 2017–18

Abstract Background India suffers from a high burden of diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases due to unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene practices among human population. With age the immune system becomes complex and antibody alone does not determine susceptibility to diseases w...

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Main Authors: Pradeep Kumar, Shobhit Srivastava, Adrita Banerjee, Snigdha Banerjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13376-6