Study of hand hygiene and enteroparasite infestation among food handlers working in a medical college of North India

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 296-301

  Malhotra, Rahul ^a,b   Lal, Panna ^a   Prakash, S Krishna ^a   Daga, Mridul Kumar ^a   Kishore, Jugal ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Enteroparasite infestation; Escherichia coli; Food handler; Hygiene; Klebsiella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FOOD HANDLING; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; INFESTATION; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE PARASITE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NAIL BED; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INDIA; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33747804265     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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