Access to drinking water and sewage treatment in Brazil: a challenge for the control of waterborne infectious diseases.

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo

Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Published: November 2020

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