Food safety infosheets: Design and refinement of a narrative-based training intervention

British Food Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-186

  Chapman, Benjamin ^a   Maclaurin, Tanya ^b   Powell, Douglas ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications; Design; Food safety; Food service; Program testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953185760     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701111105286     Document Type: Article

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