Handwashing to prevent diarrhea in day-care centers

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1981, Pages 445-451

  Black, Robert E ^b   Dykes, Aubert C ^b   Anderson, Kern E ^b   Wells, Joy G ^b   Sinclair, Susanne P ^b   Gary, G William ^b   Hatch, Milford H ^b   Gangarosa, Eugene J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adenoviruses; Day care; Diarrhea; Escherichia coli; Glardia lamblia; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HAND WASHING; INFANT; KINDERGARTEN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION;

ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; GIARDIA; HAND; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT;

EID: 0019509228     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113112     Document Type: Article

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