Does hand hygiene reduce influenza transmission?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1146-1147

  Snyder, Kim M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACE MASK; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 77956898384     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656144     Document Type: Letter

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