Attitudes of women towards food safety

British Food Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1115-1123

  Talas, Canan ^a   Uçar, Asli ^a   Özçelik, Ayşe Özfer ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Food safety; Nutrition; Turkey; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957308791     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701011080249     Document Type: Article

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