Associations of hand-washing frequency with incidence of acute respiratory tract infection and influenza-like illness in adults: A population-based study in Sweden

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Merk, Hanna ^a,b   Kühlmann Berenzon, Sharon ^b   Linde, Annika ^b   Nyrén, Olof ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Common cold; Epidemiology; Hand hygiene; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; ACUTE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASON; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SWEDEN; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908503284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-509     Document Type: Article

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