The nutritional implications of food wastage in hospital food service management

Nutrition & Food Science

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-98

  Edwards, John S A ^a   Nash, Andrew H M ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catering; Hospitals; Waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166701     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346659910254394     Document Type: Article

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