Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 4 , Pages 364-372 , April 2006

Access to water in the countries of the former Soviet Union

  • M. McKee

      Affiliations

    • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition & Health System Development Programme, University of London, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 20 7927 2229; fax: +44 20 7580 8183.
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  • D. Balabanova

      Affiliations

    • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition & Health System Development Programme, University of London, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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  • K. Akingbade

      Affiliations

    • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition & Health System Development Programme, University of London, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
    • ,
  • J. Pomerleau

      Affiliations

    • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition & Health System Development Programme, University of London, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
    • ,
  • A. Stickley

      Affiliations

    • Stockholm Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, University of Southern Stockholm, Sweden
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  • R. Rose

      Affiliations

    • Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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  • C. Haerpfer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

Received 12 November 2004 ,Revised 7 March 2005 ,Accepted 12 May 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.05.013

Public Health
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