Can a school-based hand hygiene program reduce asthma exacerbations among elementary school children?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1317-1324

  Gerald, Lynn B ^a   Gerald, Joe K ^a   Zhang, Bin ^b   McClure, Leslie A ^c   Bailey, William C ^d   Harrington, Kathy F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; children; hand hygiene; hand sanitizer; schools

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SOAP;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ALCOHOLS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84870297247     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.08.031     Document Type: Article

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