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Sanitation

Sanitation is a systematic framework for managing environmental health risks by preventing the contamination of water, soil, and food systems through the controlled disposal of waste, with particular emphasis on protecting groundwater, mitigating pathogen transmission, regulating postharvest conditions, and ensuring hygienic urban environments.

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12.8K

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2017–2026

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Water management: Current and future challenges and research directions

William J. Cosgrove, Daniel P. Loucks · Water Resources Research · 2015 · 1.3K citations

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Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene for selected adverse health outcomes: An updated analysis with a focus on low- and middle-income countries

Annette Prüss‐Üstün, Jennyfer Wolf, Jamie Bartram et al. · International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health · 2019 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low‐ and middle‐income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries

Annette Prüss‐Üstün, Jamie Bartram, Thomas Clasen et al. · Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2014 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Effects of improved water supply and sanitation on ascariasis, diarrhoea, dracunculiasis, hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, and trachoma.

S. A. Esrey, J B Potash, Leah E. Roberts et al. · PubMed · 1991 · 1.1K citations

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Progress on sanitation and drinking-water 2010 update

worl · 2010 · 833 citations

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Authors

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  1. JB
    Jamie Bartram

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    52 publications · 7.8K citations

    38

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  2. TC
    Thomas Clasen

    Emory University, United States

    50 publications · 7.1K citations

    36

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  3. OC
    Oliver Cumming

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    38 publications · 5.5K citations

    31

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  4. SC
    Sandy Cairncross

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    36 publications · 4.5K citations

    29

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  5. MC
    Matthew C. Freeman

    Emory University, United States

    37 publications · 5.4K citations

    27

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Institutions

3K

  1. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    58 h-index

    371 publications

    35.3K citations

  2. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    52 h-index

    383 publications

    30K citations

  3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    43 h-index

    184 publications

    13.2K citations

  4. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    39 h-index

    160 publications

    11.8K citations

  5. World Health Organization

    Geneva, Switzerland

    38 h-index

    122 publications

    30.6K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    37 h-index

    153 publications

    18K citations

  7. Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

    Dübendorf, Switzerland

    36 h-index

    183 publications

    9.5K citations

  8. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    32 h-index

    295 publications

    15K citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 174 publications · 8.2K citations

    43

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  2. PLoS ONE

    83 publications · 4.3K citations

    40

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  3. Water Science & Technology

    90 publications · 3.5K citations

    36

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  4. BMC Public Health

    57 publications · 3.3K citations

    33

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  5. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    62 publications · 2.8K citations

    32

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