Dirt, disgust and disease: a natural history of hygiene

Valerie A Curtis

doi:10.1136/jech.2007.062380

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	Abstract	Full	Pdf
Jul 2007	78	30	35
Aug 2007	95	21	27
Sep 2007	86	10	27
Oct 2007	103	15	20
Nov 2007	71	23	25
Dec 2007	47	12	9
Jan 2008	52	25	16
Feb 2008	56	17	18
Mar 2008	56	29	32
Apr 2008	65	15	12
May 2008	34	22	18
Jun 2008	43	20	8
Jul 2008	45	16	13
Aug 2008	44	21	10
Sep 2008	97	16	20
Oct 2008	121	31	30
Nov 2008	81	40	33
Dec 2008	62	14	17
Jan 2009	112	11	13
Feb 2009	82	15	14
Mar 2009	100	13	21
Apr 2009	144	46	58
May 2009	86	17	15
Jun 2009	68	13	10
Jul 2009	53	9	8
Aug 2009	60	9	14
Sep 2009	102	22	17
Oct 2009	124	47	40
Nov 2009	114	22	11
Dec 2009	100	15	9
Jan 2010	75	17	10
Feb 2010	85	17	21
Mar 2010	94	27	16
Apr 2010	88	13	18
May 2010	136	20	12
Jun 2010	72	16	5
Jul 2010	54	12	5
Aug 2010	45	5	1
Sep 2010	68	8	3
Oct 2010	61	13	7
Nov 2010	61	13	5
Dec 2010	30	10	7
Jan 2011	30	14	6
Feb 2011	34	14	7
Mar 2011	53	6	6
Apr 2011	81	8	9
May 2011	70	4	7
Jun 2011	76	11	5
Jul 2011	74	9	3
Aug 2011	50	3	2
Sep 2011	64	8	11
Oct 2011	141	8	24
Nov 2011	105	5	4
Dec 2011	80	6	6
Jan 2012	74	12	5
Feb 2012	63	6	8
Mar 2012	70	10	4
Apr 2012	54	5	5
May 2012	43	6	11
Jun 2012	46	0	5
Jul 2012	32	2	3
Aug 2012	39	1	5
Sep 2012	48	2	5
Oct 2012	96	5	6
Nov 2012	74	10	11
Dec 2012	47	4	4
Jan 2013	88	6	8
Feb 2013	93	2	13
Mar 2013	78	6	13
Apr 2013	89	4	11
May 2013	75	5	9
Jun 2013	22	4	4
Jul 2013	36	6	4
Aug 2013	46	2	4
Sep 2013	65	5	9
Oct 2013	62	2	6
Nov 2013	76	5	14
Dec 2013	96	6	12
Jan 2014	102	2	3
Feb 2014	103	2	10
Mar 2014	115	5	14
Apr 2014	105	8	13
May 2014	64	5	5
Jun 2014	51	2	7
Jul 2014	59	3	7
Aug 2014	106	2	7
Sep 2014	459	51	69
Oct 2014	1410	176	321
Nov 2014	100	2	10
Dec 2014	82	3	10
Jan 2015	45	4	4
Feb 2015	89	3	6
Mar 2015	86	10	13
Apr 2015	73	5	12
May 2015	69	2	6
Jun 2015	43	0	2
Jul 2015	38	3	4
Aug 2015	34	4	4
Sep 2015	81	5	5
Oct 2015	31	2	3
Nov 2015	63	5	6
Dec 2015	67	4	7
Jan 2016	69	4	6
Feb 2016	38	2	2
Mar 2016	31	4	4
Apr 2016	27	7	2
May 2016	36	3	9
Jun 2016	50	0	0
Jul 2016	47	0	1
Aug 2016	52	1	7
Sep 2016	59	3	2
Oct 2016	94	5	10
Nov 2016	81	4	8
Dec 2016	45	2	4
Jan 2017	55	5	6
Feb 2017	64	4	3
Mar 2017	125	16	21
Apr 2017	75	10	3
May 2017	125	13	13
Jun 2017	78	3	3
Jul 2017	75	5	1
Aug 2017	77	4	4
Sep 2017	107	7	5
Oct 2017	152	7	7
Nov 2017	181	10	6
Dec 2017	142	15	5
Jan 2018	131	16	16
Feb 2018	144	8	8
Mar 2018	175	12	11
Apr 2018	169	6	4
May 2018	145	5	3
Jun 2018	95	8	4
Jul 2018	131	6	4
Aug 2018	94	3	2
Sep 2018	158	6	5
Oct 2018	171	4	1
Nov 2018	194	5	16
Dec 2018	197	4	5
Jan 2019	136	10	12
Feb 2019	219	6	17
Mar 2019	186	12	19
Apr 2019	205	11	7
May 2019	75	4	4
Jun 2019	74	2	4
Jul 2019	124	5	8
Aug 2019	94	2	11
Sep 2019	141	5	8
Oct 2019	225	19	17
Nov 2019	165	13	15
Dec 2019	156	7	9
Jan 2020	104	12	8
Feb 2020	141	3	13
Mar 2020	147	11	12
Apr 2020	164	14	9
May 2020	214	10	14
Jun 2020	169	12	15
Jul 2020	115	5	6
Aug 2020	128	5	7
Sep 2020	166	11	8
Oct 2020	166	9	14
Nov 2020	224	13	17
Dec 2020	178	14	11
Jan 2021	162	2	11
Feb 2021	247	5	26
Mar 2021	217	15	15
Apr 2021	346	12	19
May 2021	45	2	5
Jun 2021	12	4	8
Jul 2021	8	5	9
Aug 2021	14	7	7
Sep 2021	13	8	9
Oct 2021	251	8	6
Nov 2021	305	10	11
Dec 2021	294	12	15
Jan 2022	282	10	12
Feb 2022	280	4	10
Mar 2022	461	5	21
Apr 2022	352	9	13
May 2022	399	3	9
Jun 2022	359	11	9
Jul 2022	275	9	20
Aug 2022	291	12	20
Sep 2022	261	13	10
Oct 2022	433	17	17
Nov 2022	423	29	19
Dec 2022	301	8	19
Jan 2023	321	9	9
Feb 2023	435	11	18
Total	23287	1979	2350

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