Food safety knowledge and the safe food handling behaviours of female and male consumers

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 653-658

  Sanlier, Nevin ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Consumers; Food knowledge; Food practices; Food safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 77957334909     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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