An internet-delivered handwashing intervention to modify influenza-like illness and respiratory infection transmission (PRIMIT): A primary care randomised trial

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 10004, 2015, Pages 1631-1639

  Little, Paul ^a   Stuart, Beth ^a   Hobbs, F D R ^b   Moore, Mike ^a   Barnett, Jane ^a   Popoola, Deborah ^c   Middleton, Karen ^a   Kelly, Joanne ^a   Mullee, Mark ^a   Raftery, James ^a   Yao, Guiqing ^a   Carman, William ^e   Fleming, Douglas ^d   Stokes Lampard, Helen ^c   Williamson, Ian ^a   Joseph, Judith ^a   Miller, Sascha ^a   Yardley, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Royal College of General Practitioners   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN IRRITATION; VIRUS LOAD; WINTER; ADOLESCENT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945475226     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60127-1     Document Type: Article

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