Knowledge, attitudes and practices in food safety and the presence of coagulase-positive staphylococci on hands of food handlers in the schools of Camaçari, Brazil

Food Control

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 206-213

  Soares, Lilian S ^a   Almeida, Rogeria C C ^a   Cerqueira, Ellayne S ^a   Carvalho, Joelza S ^a   Nunes, Itaciara L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coagulase positive staphylococci; Food handlers; Food safety knowledge

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84860524934     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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