Effectiveness of body wipes as an adjunct to reducing skin infections in high school wrestlers

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 424-429

  Anderson, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

70 isopropyl alcohol; body wipes; skin infections; wrestlers

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; SOAP;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BODY WIPE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HYGIENE PRODUCT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOAP AND WATER SKIN WIPE; TINEA CORPORIS; WRESTLING;

2-PROPANOL; ADOLESCENT; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SOAPS; WRESTLING;

EID: 84865838048     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3182592439     Document Type: Article

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