Home hygiene practices and infectious disease symptoms among household members

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 116-127

  Larson, Elaine ^a,b   Duarte, Cabilia Gomez ^b  

^a Dept of Pharmaceutic Research ^*  (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Hygiene; Infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0042851795     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2001.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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