Effects of green tea gargling on the prevention of influenza infection in high school students: A randomized controlled study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Ide, Kazuki ^a   Yamada, Hiroshi ^a   Matsushita, Kumi ^b   Ito, Miki ^a   Nojiri, Kei ^a   Toyoizumi, Kiichiro ^a   Matsumoto, Keiji ^a   Sameshima, Yoichi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b Kikugawa General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Omaezaki Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; WATER; CATECHIN; MOUTHWASH; TEA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREEN TEA GARGLING; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEA; THERAPY EFFECT; WATER GARGLING; CHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CATECHIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOUTHWASHES; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TEA;

EID: 84901377620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096373     Document Type: Article

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