Sentence examples for a proxy of hygiene from inspiring English sources

Presence of disease vectors at home (fleas, ticks, kissing bugs, mice, bedbugs and flies) was assessed as a proxy of hygiene conditions.

Microbial plaque level was measured using the Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified (OHI-S) index by Greene & Vermillion [ 28] and used as a proxy of oral hygiene behavior.

Assuming that daily hand washing frequency is a proxy of the hand hygiene in general, this finding suggests that hand hygiene may reduce the transmission of pandemic influenza virus.

We conclude that that the amount of dust sampled can be used as a proxy for hygiene and that beta 1-->3 -glucan concentrations per square meter are related to the amount of dust sampled.

This was a proxy, of sorts.

It's America that's a proxy of Israel.

No previous studies have addressed the possibility of using self-reported toothbrushing frequency by adolescents as a proxy measure of oral hygiene in place of clinical indices.

This is the most important result of the present study, as it demonstrates the viability of using self-reported toothbrushing frequency as a proxy measure of oral hygiene in epidemiological studies involving adolescents.

In this study, GDP per capita was selected as a proxy variable for hygiene behavior or public health condition of a region.

Although procurement is only a proxy for hand hygiene compliance, nevertheless it is an objective measure collected in a comparable manner through NHS procurement across almost all trusts.

Duration from date of onset of illness to date of notification was used as a proxy measure of duration of transmission risk (i.e. prior to receipt of hygiene advice from a health professional).