Food safety knowledge and practices among elderly in Slovenia

Food Control

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 284-290

  Jevsnik M ^a   Ovca, A ^a   Bauer, M ^a   Fink, R ^a   Oder, M ^a   Sevsek F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Education; Elderly; Food safety; Good hygiene practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871669203     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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