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Effectiveness, Safety, and Sustainability of a Hand Water Pump Among Women Vegetable Farmers in the Gambia

Londa Vanderwal Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Risto Rautiainen Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Rex Kuye School of Public Health, University of the Gambia, Brikama, The Gambia, West Africa
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Corinne Peek-Asa Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Thomas Cook Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Marizen Ramirez Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Kennith Culp Occupational Health Nursing Program, College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Kelley Donham Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Pages 394-407 | Published online: 31 Mar 2011

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