Estimating the economic benefits of avoiding food-borne risk: Is 'willingness to pay' feasible?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-294

  Donaldson, C ^a   Mapp, T ^b   Ryan, M ^a   Curtin, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD IRRADIATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICY; POULTRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029943526     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800052596     Document Type: Article

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