Hygiene: New hopes, new horizons

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 312-321

  Curtis, Val ^a   Schmidt, Wolf ^a   Luby, Stephen ^b   Florez, Rocio ^c   Touré, Ousmane ^d   Biran, Adam ^a  

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

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c Water and Sanitation Programme   (Peru)

^d Ministry of Health   (Mali)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 79953057246     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70224-3     Document Type: Review

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