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Safety Recommendations for Grocery Store Workers and Employers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Evan McElroy. Food Science and Nutrition, 2021-02-20
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Grocery stores are vital to the health and well-being of American citizens. The coronavirus epidemic has presented a unique set of challenges especially for the elderly and citizens of low socioeconomic status because of the barrier to technology that they face. State and local governments have issued ordinances requiring quarantining at home to reduce the spread of disease
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McElroy, E. (2021). Safety Recommendations for Grocery Store Workers and Employers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Food Science and Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.24966/fsn-1076/100086
Vancouver
McElroy E. Safety Recommendations for Grocery Store Workers and Employers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Food Science and Nutrition. 2021. doi:10.24966/fsn-1076/100086.
BibTeX
@article{mcelroy2021-7739cc9d,
author = {McElroy, Evan},
title = {{Safety Recommendations for Grocery Store Workers and Employers during the COVID-19 Pandemic}},
journal = {Food Science and Nutrition},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.24966/fsn-1076/100086},
url = {https://doi.org/10.24966/fsn-1076/100086}
}
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Key findings
- Grocery stores are vital to the health and well-being of American citizens.
- The coronavirus epidemic has presented a unique set of challenges especially for the elderly and citizens of low socioeconomic status because of the barrier to technology that they face.
- State and local governments have issued ordinances requiring quarantining at home to reduce the spread of disease
Why it matters
This paper offers safety recommendations for grocery store workers and employers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has no relevance to treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 26/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on senior author's track record and institution's track record, so those were left out: it earned 24 of the 93 points we could judge it on, which is 26 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Food Science and Nutrition) |
| Journal's citation record | 0 / 4 | Food Science & Nutrition: journal h-index 15 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 3 / 5 | 2021 — within 6 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 1 / 7 | Cited 2 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.3 citations a year over 7 year(s) since 2021 |
| Impact for its field and year | 1 / 6 | Cited 0.7× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 0 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | OpenAlex's profile for last-listed author Evan McElroy holds only 4 work(s), too few to judge a track record — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 0 institution(s) in 0 countries — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 24 / 93 | Scored on 18 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 24 of the 93 points we could judge it on is 26 out of 100. |
| Total | 26 / 100 | — |
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