A community-randomised controlled trial promoting waterless hand sanitizer and handwashing with soap, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Un essai contrôlé randomisé de la communauté promouvant la désinfection des mains sans eau et le lavage des mains avec du savon à Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1508-1516

  Luby, Stephen P ^a   Kadir, Mohammad Abdul ^a   Yushuf Sharker, M A ^a   Yeasmin, Farzana ^a   Unicomb, Leanne ^a   Sirajul Islam, M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Handwashing; Health behaviour

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; FECAL COLIFORM; FIELDWORK; HEALTH SERVICES; HYGIENE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SANITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EATING; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RESIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SOAPS; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 78649704313     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02648.x     Document Type: Article

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