Clean hands reduce the burden of disease

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9481, 2005, Pages 185-187

  Pittet, Didier ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; SOAP;

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLEANING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMPETIGO; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALNUTRITION; NOTE; PAKISTAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 22144448945     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66886-9     Document Type: Note

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