Great expectations: The coroner's report on the South Australian haemolytic-uraemic syndrome outbreak

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-177

  Dalton, Craig B ^a   Douglas, Robert M ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

AUSTRALIA; CORONER; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; LAW; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; TIME;

EID: 0030052782     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122020.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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