Euroconference: Hygiene and Health
Hygiene and health: An epidemiologic link?*

Presented at the Institut Pasteur Euroconference, “Hygiene and Health,” Paris, France, January 25-27, 2001.
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Abstract

Am J Infect Control 2001;29:232-8

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Method

The Medline database (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ) was searched for the years 1980 through June 2000, using certain parameters and limitations. Included in the search were English language articles published between January 1980 and June 2000 using either an interventional design (experimental or quasi-experimental) or correlational design (case-control or other descriptive design) at the community, school, or household level that examined the relationship between personal, environmental, or

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