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

BACKGROUND: Frequent hand-washing is standard advice for avoidance of respiratory tract infections, but the evidence for a preventive effect in a general community setting is sparse. We therefore set out to quantify, in a population-based adult general population cohort, the possible protection agai...

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Autores principales: Merk, Hanna, Kühlmann-Berenzon, Sharon, Linde, Annika, Nyrén, Olof
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4177698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25234544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-509