Editorial: Can we afford to overlook hand hygiene again?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 246-249

  Greenland, Katie ^a   Cairncross, Sandy ^a   Cumming, Oliver ^a   Curtis, Valerie ^a  

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

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Handwashing with soap; Under five mortality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CAUSE OF DEATH; EDITORIAL; HAND WASHING; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED NATIONS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84873995112     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12055     Document Type: Editorial

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