Guest Editorial: Food-borne illness: High stakes health threat for older adults

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-111

  Remig, Valentina M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT SAFETY;

AGED; AGING; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES;

EID: 70449574458     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639360903014848     Document Type: Review

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