Invited Perspective: Sanitation Innovation Holds Promise but Must Consider Risks to Users

Joe Brown¹

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¹ Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

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Joe Brown. Environ Health Perspect. 2022 Jan.

. 2022 Jan;130(1):11301.

doi: 10.1289/EHP10609. Epub 2022 Jan 5.

Joe Brown¹

¹ Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

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Biodigester Cookstove Interventions and Child Diarrhea in Semirural Nepal: A Causal Analysis of Daily Observations.
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