Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Food Service Staff Regarding Food Hygiene in Shiraz, Iran

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-20

  Askarian, Mehrdad ^a   Kabir, Gholamhosein ^b   Aminbaig, Maria ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^c   Jafari, Peyman ^d  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IRAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 0942276969     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502285     Document Type: Article

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