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Response to ‘The implications of three major new trials for the effect of water, sanitation and hygiene on childhood diarrhea and stunting: a consensus statement’ by Cumming et al.

Authors: Megan Wilson-Jones, Kyla Smith, Dan Jones, Helen Hamilton, Leah Richardson, Alison Macintyre, Om Prasad Gautam, Erik Harvey, Henry Northover

Published in: BMC Medicine | Issue 1/2019

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Title: Response to ‘The implications of three major new trials for the effect of water, sanitation and hygiene on childhood diarrhea and stunting: a consensus statement’ by Cumming et al.
Authors: Megan Wilson-Jones
Kyla Smith
Dan Jones
Helen Hamilton
Leah Richardson
Alison Macintyre
Om Prasad Gautam
Erik Harvey
Henry Northover
Publication date: 01-12-2019
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Nutrition
Diarrhea
Diarrhea
Published in: BMC Medicine / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1414-6

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