Hygiene inspections on passenger ships in Europe - An overview

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mouchtouri, Varvara A ^a   Westacott, Sandra ^b   Nichols, Gordon ^c   Riemer, Tobias ^d   Skipp, Mel ^e   Bartlett, Christopher Lr ^f   Kremastinou, Jenny ^g   Hadjichristodoulou, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Association of Port Health Authorities   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^e European Cruise Council and Cruise Line International Association   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; PEST CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION; SHIP; SOCIAL CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; PEST CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SANITATION; SHIPS; VENTILATION;

EID: 77949446573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-122     Document Type: Article

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