Knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices of food service staff in nursing homes and long-term care facilities

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1367-1373

  Buccheri, Cecilia ^a   Mammina, Caterina ^a   Giammanco, Santo ^a   Giammanco, Marco ^a   Guardia, Maurizio La ^a   Casuccio, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes and practices; Elderly; Food safety; Knowledge; Long term care facility; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953610449     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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