A Qualitative Evaluation of Hand Drying Practices among Kenyans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Person, Bobbie ^a   Schilling, Katharine ^a   Owuor, Mercy ^b   Ogange, Lorraine ^b   Quick, Rob ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SNEEZING; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884378151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074370     Document Type: Article

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