Effect of Antibacterial Home Cleaning and Handwashing Products on Infectious Disease Symptoms
- 2 March 2004
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 140 (5) , 321-329
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-140-5-200403020-00007
Abstract
Antibacterial products for general cleaning, laundry, and handwashing did not reduce the frequency of symptoms of viral infectious disease in households of essentially healthy persons. This result ... Background: Despite the widespread household use of cleaning and personal hygiene products containing antibacterial ingredients, their effects on the incidence of infectious disease symptoms have n...Keywords
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