Effect of a Manager Training and Certification Program on Food Safety and Hygiene in Food Service Operations

Environmental Health Insights

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kassa, Hailu ^a   Silverman, Gary S ^a   Baroudi, Karim ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Toledo Lucas County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

certification; food safety; food service facilities; public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867583798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/EHI.S4717     Document Type: Article

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