Contribution of Water Pollution From Inadequate Sanitation and Housing Quality to Diarrheal Disease in Low-Cost Housing Settlements of Cape Town, South Africa | Zendy

Thashlin Govender | Zendy; Jo Barnes | Zendy; Clarissa H. Pieper | Zendy

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Contribution of Water Pollution From Inadequate Sanitation and Housing Quality to Diarrheal Disease in Low-Cost Housing Settlements of Cape Town, South Africa

Author(s) -

Thashlin Govender,

Jo Barnes,

Clarissa H. Pieper

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2010.300107

Subject(s) - sanitation , environmental health , toilet , cape , human settlement , diarrheal disease , waterborne diseases , socioeconomics , surface runoff , water quality , indicator bacteria , environmental protection , geography , environmental science , diarrhea , medicine , environmental engineering , fecal coliform , ecology , archaeology , sociology , biology

We investigated the effects of failing sanitation, poor housing conditions, and fecal pollution in runoff water on the health-particularly the incidence of diarrheal disease-of residents of low-cost housing settlements in Cape Town, South Africa.

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