Talking dirty: How to save a million lives

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Curtis, V ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Effective practice; Handwashing; Infectious disease; Marketing; Public health; Public private partnership; Soap

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HYGIENE; MARKETING; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SANITATION;

CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EATING; FECES; FOOD; GHANA; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MARKETING; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NEPAL; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PERU; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENEGAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDUSTRY; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOAPS;

EID: 0037899548     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0960312031000102822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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