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Does hygiene intervention at day care centres reduce infectious illnesses in children? An intervention cohort study

Thorolfur GudnasonFrom the Chief Epidemiologist's Office, Directorate of Health;Department of Paediatrics, Landspitali University HospitalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Birgir HrafnkelssonDepartment of Mathematics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland
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Brynja LaxdalDepartment of Paediatrics, Landspitali University Hospital
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Karl G. KristinssonDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Landspitali University Hospital;Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Pages 397-403 | Received 21 Aug 2012, Accepted 06 Nov 2012, Published online: 11 Dec 2012

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Thorolfur Gudnason, Birgir Hrafnkelsson, Brynja Laxdal & Karl G. Kristinsson. (2014) Risk factors for nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and effects of a hygiene intervention: repeated cross-sectional cohort study at day care centres. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 46:7, pages 493-501.
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