Hand washing among school children in Bogotá, Colombia

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-101

  Lopez Quintero, Catalina ^a   Freeman, Paul ^b   Neumark, Yehuda ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLOMBIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL MARKETING; STUDENTS;

EID: 58149340254     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.129759     Document Type: Article

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