Hygiene and health: systematic review of handwashing practices worldwide and update of health effects.

C Freeman, Matthew; E Stocks, Meredith; Cumming, Oliver; Jeandron, Aurelie; P T Higgins, Julian; Wolf, Jennyfer; Prüss-Ustün, Annette; Bonjour, Sophie; R Hunter, Paul; Fewtrell, Lorna; Curtis, Valerie

doi:10.1111/tmi.12339

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Hygiene and health: systematic review of handwashing practices worldwide and update of health effects.

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Matthew C Freeman

Meredith E Stocks

Oliver Cumming

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the global prevalence of handwashing with soap and derive a pooled estimate of the effect of hygiene on diarrhoeal diseases, based on a systematic search of the literature. METHODS: Studies with data on observed rates of handwashing with soap published between 1990 and August ...

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cálculos de riesgo

diarrea

diarrhoea

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