School toilets: Facilitating hand hygiene? A review of primary school hygiene facilities in a developed country

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-488

  Reeves, L M ^a   Priest, P C ^a   Poore, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Public Health South   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

buildings; children; constructions and points; public health

Indexed keywords

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SANITATION; SCHOOL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 84870208272     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fds028     Document Type: Review

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