Food safety knowledge and attitudes: Culture and environment impact on hawkers in Malaysia.: Knowledge and attitudes are key attributes of concern in hawker foodhandling practices and outbreaks of food poisoning and their prevention

Food Control

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 447-452

  Toh, Poh See ^a   Birchenough, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Food safety; Hawkers; Knowledge; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034364938     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-7135(00)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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