Discovery and development of educational strategies to encourage safe food handling behaviors in cancer patients

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1666-1672

  Medeiros, Lydia C ^a   Chen, Gang ^b   Hillers, Virginia N ^c   Kendall, Patricia A ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 49449092249     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.8.1666     Document Type: Article

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