International Health
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 136-142 , June 2010

Householder perspectives and preferences on water storage and use, with reference to dengue, in the Mekong Delta, southern Vietnam

  • Hau P. Tran

      Affiliations

    • Institute Pasteur, 167 Pasteur Street, Ward 8, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    • School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Queensland, 4006, Australia
    • Queensland Institute of Medical Research and Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, 4029, Australia
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  • Jon Adams

      Affiliations

    • School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Queensland, 4006, Australia
    • ,
  • Jason A.L. Jeffery

      Affiliations

    • Queensland Institute of Medical Research and Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, 4029, Australia
    • ,
  • Yen T. Nguyen

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 1 Yersin Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
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  • Nam S. Vu

      Affiliations

    • Administration of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Lane 135 Nui Truc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
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  • Simon C. Kutcher

      Affiliations

    • Australian Foundation for Peoples of Asia and the Pacific Ltd, 7 Dang Dung Street, Tan Dinh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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  • Brian H. Kay

      Affiliations

    • Queensland Institute of Medical Research and Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, 4029, Australia
    • ,
  • Peter A. Ryan

      Affiliations

    • Queensland Institute of Medical Research and Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, 4029, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 3362 0351; fax: +61 7 3362 0106.

Received 31 August 2009 ,Revised 27 October 2009 ,Accepted 21 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.inhe.2009.12.007

International Health
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 136-142 , June 2010

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