Dirt, disgust and disease: A natural history of hygiene

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 660-664

  Curtis, Valerie A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HISTORY; HYGIENE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; HEALTH BELIEF; HISTORY; HUMAN; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL HYGIENE;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYGIENE; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34547140830     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.062380     Document Type: Review

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