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Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Volume 2016, Article ID 6830163, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6830163
Research Article

Practices, Concerns, and Willingness to Participate in Solid Waste Management in Two Urban Slums in Central Uganda

Trasias Mukama,1 Rawlance Ndejjo,1 David Musoke,1 Geofrey Musinguzi,1 Abdullah Ali Halage,1 David O. Carpenter,2 and John C. Ssempebwa1

1Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
2Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, State University of New York, Five University Place, Room A217, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA

Received 8 October 2015; Accepted 18 February 2016

Academic Editor: Chit Ming Wong

Copyright © 2016 Trasias Mukama et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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