Hand-washing, subclinical infections, and growth: A longitudinal evaluation of an intervention in Nepali slums

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 621-629

  Langford, Rebecca ^a   Lunn, Peter ^b   Panter Brick, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; GROWTH DISORDER; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEPAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; GROWTH DISORDERS; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEPAL; POVERTY AREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79961170951     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21189     Document Type: Article

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