Knowledge and attitudes on food hygiene among food services staff on board ships;Conoscenza e attitudini del personale di bordo addetto al servizio di ristorazione nei confronti dell'igiene alimentare

Annali di Igiene

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 162-172

  Grappasonni, I ^a   Petrelli, F ^a   Scuri, Stefania ^a   Mahdi, S S ^a   Sibilio, F ^b   Amenta, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b International Radiomedical Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cargo ships; Food hygiene; Food safety; Occupational medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SHIP; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SHIPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042376801     PISSN: 11209135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7416/ai.2018.2207     Document Type: Article

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