Awareness of coeliac disease and the gluten status of 'gluten-free' food obtained on request in catering outlets in Ireland

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1569-1574

  Mcintosh, James ^a   Flanagan, Andrew ^b   Madden, Nora ^b   Mulcahy, Maurice ^c   Dargan, Lawrence ^d   Walker, Michael ^e   Burns, Duncan Thorburn ^f  

^a Safefood   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^c Environmental Health Department   (Ireland)

^d Lisnamallard House   (United Kingdom)

^e Michael Walker Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catering; Celiac; Coeliac; Gluten; Survey.; Training

Indexed keywords

CATERING; CELIAC; COELIAC; COELIAC DISEASE; CROSS CONTAMINATION; FOOD RESEARCH; FOOD SCIENCE; GLUTEN; GLUTEN-FREE; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; IRELAND;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 79959944618     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2011.02656.x     Document Type: Article

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