What does the food handler in the home know about salmonellosis and food safety?

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 136-142

  Gauci, Charmaine ^a   Gauci, Andrew Amato ^b  

^a Department of Public Health   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Consumer awareness; Health promotion strategy; Salmonellosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CONSUMER; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALTA; REINFORCEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SELF REPORT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COOKERY; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALTA; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 20344399429     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642400512500318     Document Type: Article

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