Trends in social, political and technological impact factors of hygienic risks in German households.

This paper considers German trends of impact factors contributing to hygienic risks in domestic settings. Each of the alterations of hygiene determinants described below may appear to be marginal when looked at separately, thus disregarding any relationship to hygiene. However, as a whole to anticipate the conclusion they have clearly altered the hygiene risks in the household; some risks have decreased but others have grown worse. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 2001;204:195-202.