Formative research on hygiene behaviors and geophagy among infants and young children and implications of exposure to fecal bacteria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 709-716

  Ngure, Francis M ^a,b,c,d,e   Humphrey, Jean H ^a,b,c,d,e   Mbuya, Mduduzi N N ^a,b,c,d,e   Majo, Florence ^a,b,c,d,e   Mutasa, Kuda ^a,b,c,d,e   Govha, Margaret ^a,b,c,d,e   Mazarura, Exevia ^a,b,c,d,e   Chasekwa, Bernard ^a,b,c,d,e   Prendergast, Andrew J ^a,b,c,d,e   Curtis, Valerie ^a,b,c,d,e   Boor, Kathyrn J ^a,b,c,d,e   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ZVITAMBO Project   (Zimbabwe)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CAREGIVER; CHICKEN; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENTEROPATHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; INGESTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84886021322     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0568     Document Type: Article

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