A Shipyard Outbreak of Salmonellosis Traced to Contaminated Fruits and Vegetables

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 539-543

  Ooi, P L ^a   Goh, K T ^a   Neo, K S ^a   Ngan, C C L ^b  

^a 21 00 Environment Building   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Food poisoning; Industrial water; Salmonella weltevreden; Singapore; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENTEROCOLITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SINGAPORE; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SINGAPORE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0031218816     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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