An approach to hygiene education among rural Indian school going children

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Dongre, A R ^a   Deshmukh, P R ^a   Boratne, A V ^a   Thaware, P ^a   Garg, B S ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hygiene education; Intestinal parasites; Participatory; Personal hygiene; School children

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349091389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09725997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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