Consumer food safety perceptions and practices in a turkish community

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1922-1929

  Zorba, Nükhet Nilüfer Demirel ^a   Kaptan, Meltem ^a,b  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRODUCT SAFETY; SEX RATIO; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655123506     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-126     Document Type: Article

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