Food contamination in fast food restaurants in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria: Implications for food hygiene and safety

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 467-471

  Isara, A R ^a   Isah, E C ^a   Lofor, P V O ^a   Ojide, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Fast food restaurants; Food contamination; Food borne illnesses

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; HYGIENE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAMPLING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIARRHEA; FAST FOOD; FEVER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VOMITING;

BACILLUS CEREUS; FAST FOODS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BENIN [EDO]; EDO; NIGERIA;

BACILLUS CEREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956057374     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.03.028     Document Type: Article

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