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SUBMITTER: Wang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5637579 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Yuke Y Moe Christine L CL Null Clair C Raj Suraja J SJ Baker Kelly K KK Robb Katharine A KA Yakubu Habib H Ampofo Joseph A JA Wellington Nii N Freeman Matthew C MC Armah George G Reese Heather E HE Peprah Dorothy D Teunis Peter F M PFM
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20171001 4
Lack of adequate sanitation results in fecal contamination of the environment and poses a risk of disease transmission via multiple exposure pathways. To better understand how eight different sources contribute to overall exposure to fecal contamination, we quantified exposure through multiple pathways for children under 5 years old in four high-density, low-income, urban neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana. We collected more than 500 hours of structured observation of behaviors of 156 children, 800 h ...[more]