Food safety knowledge and practices among pregnant and non-pregnant women in Slovenia

Food Control

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 526-534

  Jevšnik, Mojca ^a   Hoyer, Silvestra ^a   Raspor, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Consumer; Education; Food safety; Good housekeeping practice; Pregnant woman

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048949023     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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