Hand washing compliance - Is it a reality?

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Suchitra, J B ^a,c   Lakshmidevi, N ^b  

^a Freedom Foundation   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^c Freedom Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Compliance; Hand washing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248216393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09725997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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