Screening for faecal contamination in primary schools in Crete, Greece

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-163

  Kyriacou, Adamantini ^a   Drakopoulou, S ^b   Georgaki, I ^b   Fountoulakis, M ^b   Mitsou, E ^a   Lasaridi, K E ^a   Manios, Y ^a   Manios, T ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Educational level; Faecal streptococci; School hygiene; Surface contamination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PARENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL COUNT; EDUCATION; FECES; HAND WASHING; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STANDARD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FECES; FEMALE; GREECE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 65249147769     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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