Food safety training needs exist for staff and consumers in a variety of community-based homes for people with developmental disabilities

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 619-625

  Walter, Alicia ^a,b,c,d   Cohen, Nancy L ^a   Swicker, Rachel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Parent Child Development Center   (United States)

^c Cozy Corner Nursing Home ^*  (United States)

^d Univ of MA Coop Exten Syst

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSUMER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 0031008117     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(97)00157-0     Document Type: Article

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