Food safety in the home consumption of meat in Turkey

Food Control

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 320-327

  Karabudak, Efsun ^a   Bas, Murat ^a   Kiziltan, Gul ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Consumer; Food safety; Home; Meat

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348893800     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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