Handwashing before food preparation and child feeding: A missed opportunity for hygiene promotion

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1179-1185

  Nizame, Fosiul A ^a   Unicomb, Leanne ^a   Sanghvi, Tina ^b   Roy, Sumitro ^b   Nuruzzaman, Md ^a   Ghosh, Probir K ^a   Winch, Peter J ^c   Luby, Stephen P ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Alive and Thrive Program   (Bangladesh)

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

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; CAREGIVER; CHILD NUTRITION; COOKING; FOOD PROCESSING; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890417770     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0434     Document Type: Article

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