Food safety education makes the difference: Food safety perceptions, knowledge, attitudes and practices among Turkish university students

Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-34

  Ozilgen, Sibel ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitude; Food safety; Knowledge; Perception; Practice; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951767553     PISSN: 16615751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00003-010-0593-z     Document Type: Article

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