Plate waste in hospitals and strategies for change

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Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Williams, Peter ^a   Walton, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food service; Hospital; Waste

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PLATE WASTE; REVIEW; WASTE;

EID: 83455186141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17514991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclnm.2011.09.006     Document Type: Review

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