Development and reliability of a quantitative personal hygiene assessment tool.
Personal hygiene practices, including facewashing and handwashing, reduce transmission of pathogens, but are difficult to measure. Using color theory principles, we developed and tested a novel metric that generates quantitative measures of facial and hand cleanliness, proxy indicators of personal h...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Hygiene & Environmental Health Vol. 227 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Elsevier GmbH, Urban & Fischer Verlag
Jun2020
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