Food safety perceptions and practices of older adults

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 220-227

  Anderson, Amy L ^a   Verrill, Linda A ^b   Sahyoun, Nadine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952812750     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600213     Document Type: Article

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