Male commuters in north and south England: Risk factors for the presence of faecal bacteria on hands

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dodrill, Laura ^a   Schmidt, Wolf Peter ^a   Cobb, Emma ^a   Donachie, Peter ^a   Curtis, Valerie ^a   De Barra, Míchel ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PET ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CITIES; ENGLAND; FECES; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PETS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 78651241877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-31     Document Type: Article

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