Reducing the spread of infectious disease through hand washing

Journal of Extension

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Comer, Marcus M ^a   Ibrahim, Mohammad ^a   McMillan, Valerie Jarvis ^a   Baker, Geissler G ^b   Patterson, Sonya G ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Family and Consumer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Germs; Hand washing; Infection control; Preventing infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950623970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10775315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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