Sensor recorded changes in rates of hand washing with soap in response to the media reports of the H1N1 pandemic in Britain

BMJ Open

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Fleischman, Diana S ^a   Webster, Gregory D ^b   Judah, Gaby ^a   De Barra, Mícheál ^a   Aunger, Robert ^a   Curtis, Valerie A ^a  

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

^b University of Florida   (United States)

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EID: 84855490293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000127     Document Type: Article

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