Observed practices and perceived advantages of different hand cleansing agents in rural Bangladesh: Ash, soil, and soap

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1111-1116

  Nizame, Fosiul A ^a,b   Nasreen, Sharifa ^a,c   Halder, Amal K ^a,b   Arman, Shaila ^a,c   Winch, Peter J ^a   Unicomb, Leanne ^a,b   Luby, Stephen P ^a,d  

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

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ^*  (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP; WATER; DETERGENT; SOIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASH; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DEFECATION HABIT; HAND WASHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL HYGIENE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SOIL; YOUNG ADULT; DEFECATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; DEFECATION; DETERGENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOAPS; SOIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930599599     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0378     Document Type: Article

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