Profile of food handlers working in food service establishments located within the premises of a medical college in Delhi, India

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 455-461

  Malhotra, Rahul ^a   Lal, Panna ^a   Krishna Prakash, S ^a   Daga, Mridul K ^a   Kishore, Jugal ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Food handler; Food hygiene; Food service establishments; India; Morbidity profile

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID; TYPHOID VACCINE;

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HYGIENE; IMMUNIZATION; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATION;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CATERING SERVICE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; HAND BURN; HAND INJURY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MORBIDITY; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; READING; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TETANUS; TYPHOID FEVER; WORKER; WORM INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; NEW DELHI; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34248592209     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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