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Sanitation externalities, disease, and children’s anemia

By Diane Coffey December 3rd, 2014

Topics: Child health, Sanitation

Diane’s poster for the UNC Water and Health Conference 2014 shows the association between sanitation externalities and child hemoglobin.

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