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Everyday practices of poor urban women to access water: Lived realities from a Nairobi slum

Anindita SarkarDelhi UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 212-231 | Received 17 Sep 2018, Accepted 04 Nov 2019, Published online: 16 Jul 2020

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Michael A. L. Hayashi, Savannah Boerger, Kaiyue Zou, Sophia Simon, Matthew C. Freeman & Joseph N. S. Eisenberg. (2022) Shared water facilities and risk of COVID-19 in resource-poor settings: A transmission modelling study. PLOS Water 1:3, pages e0000011.
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