Using child health outcomes to identify effective measures of handwashing

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 882-892

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

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SOAP;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 81155150470     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0142     Document Type: Article

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