Food safety risk identified in a population of elderly home-delivered meal participants

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1055-1057

  Fey Yensan, Nancy ^a   English, Catherine ^a   Ash, Susan ^a,b   Wallace, Cynthia ^a   Museler, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Dept Hlth Serv and Dining Serv ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; RHODE ISLAND; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035459438     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(01)00259-0     Document Type: Article

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