The effect of handwashing at recommended times with water alone and with soap on child diarrhea in rural Bangladesh: An observational study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Luby, Stephen P ^a,b   Halder, Amal K ^a   Huda, Tarique ^a   Unicomb, Leanne ^a   Johnston, Richard B ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Water and Environmental Sanitation Section   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP; WATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HYGIENE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SOAPS; WATER;

EID: 79959789754     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001052     Document Type: Article

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