New challenges in professional cleaning: Hygiene quality and monitoring of surfaces in private domestic homes

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 396-406

  Toiviainen Laine, Erja ^a   Kuisma, Risto ^a   Kymäläinen, Hanna Riitta ^a   Sjöberg, Anna Maija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Detection methods; Hygienic quality; Private homes; SEM; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977074733     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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