Washing hands before and after performing massages? Changes in bacterial survival count on skin of a massage therapist and a client during massage therapy

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 684-686

  Donoyama, Nozomi ^a   Wakuda, Tetsuji ^a   Tanitsu, Tadashi ^a   Ishii, Eiko ^a   Ichiman, Yoshitoshi ^a  

^a TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT; OIL; TALC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLORA;

EID: 4444360192     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2004.10.684     Document Type: Article

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