Open AccessEffects of Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Environmental Enteric Dysfunction in Young Children: A Cluster-randomized, Controlled Trial in Rural Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Audrie Lin,
Shahjahan Ali,
Benjamin F. Arnold,
Ziaur Rahman,
Mohammad Alauddin,
Jessica A. Grembi,
Andrew Mertens,
Syeda Luthfa Famida,
Salma Akther,
Saheen Hossen,
Palash Mutsuddi,
Abul K. Shoab,
Zahir Hussain,
Mahbubur Rahman,
Leanne Unicomb,
Sania Ashraf,
Abu Mohd Naser,
Sarker Masud Parvez,
Ayşe Ercümen,
Jade BenjaminChung,
Rashidul Haque,
Tahmeed Ahmed,
Iqbal Hossain,
Nuzhat Choudhury,
Kaniz Jannat,
Sarah Alauddin,
Sandra G Minchala,
Rabije Cekovic,
Alan Hubbard,
Christine P. Stewart,
Kathryn G. Dewey,
John M. Colford,
Stephen P. Luby
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz291
Subject(s) - medicine , lactulose , intestinal permeability , neopterin , randomized controlled trial , psychological intervention , gastroenterology , psychiatry
We hypothesized that drinking water, sanitation, handwashing (WSH), and nutritional interventions would improve environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), a potential contributor to stunting.