A need for healthy canteens in secondary schools in Mauritius

Nutrition & Food Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 208-212

  Subratty, A H ^a   Chan Sun, M ^a   Kassean, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Environmental health and safety; Food safety; Hygiene; Mauritius; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992989976     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650310499721     Document Type: Article

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