Microbiological quality of selected street food items vended by school-based street food vendors in Dhaka, Bangladesh

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 413-418

  Al Mamun, Mohammad ^a,b   Rahman, Shah Md Mahfuzur ^a   Turin, Tanvir Chowdhury ^c  

^a Institute of Public Health Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Microbiological quality; School children; Street food vendor; Street vended food

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAST FOOD; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ICE CREAM; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LENTIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84883681927     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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