Topics in microbial risk assessment: Dynamic flow tree process

Risk Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-328

  Marks, Harry M ^a   Coleman, Margaret E ^a   Lin, C T Jordan ^b   Roberts, Tanya ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b CSR Incorporated   (United States)

^c ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Maximum likelihood estimator; Surrogate model; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PATHOGENICITY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EATING; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HEAT; HUMANS; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0032101982     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1998.tb01298.x     Document Type: Article

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