Fighting the flu with soap and water. Hand washing as an infection control recommendation to the population - 7 hypotheses from a qualitative study about hygiene, flu and pandemic;Mit Wasser und Seife gegen die Grippe : ddas Ḧandewaschen als Infektionsschutz-Empfehlung f̈ur die Bev̈olkerung - 7 Hypothesen aus einer Qualitativen Studie zu Hygiene, Grippe und Pandemie

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1273-1279

  Meilicke, Gerald ^a   Weissenborn A ^a   Biederbick, W ^a   Bartels, C ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Hand washing; Hygiene; Infection control; Influenza; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY HEALTH; GERMANY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY HEALTH; GERMANY; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOAPS;

EID: 57549096001     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: 14371588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-008-0701-8     Document Type: Article

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