Home food safety program for the Georgia older Americans act nutrition program

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 103-122

  Sellers, Tiffany ^a   Andress, Elizabeth ^a   Fischer, Joan G ^a   Johnson, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Home food safety practices; Intervention; Nutrition education; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COOKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; COOKERY; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GEORGIA; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 34548855352     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v26n01_06     Document Type: Article

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