Gaps in food safety professionals' knowledge about noroviruses

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1336-1341

  Kosa, Katherine M ^a   Cates, Sheryl C ^a   Hall, Aron J ^b   Brophy, Jenna E ^a   Fraser, Angela ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; RESTAURANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921669301     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-550     Document Type: Article

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