Estimation of the exposure of the French population to the BSE agent: Comparison of the 1980-95 consumption of beef products containing mechanically recovered meat in France and the UK, by birth cohort and gender

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-260

  Chadeau Hyam, Marc ^a   Tard, Alexandra ^b   Bird, Sheila ^c   Le Guennec, Solenn ^a   Bemrah, Nawel ^b   Volatier, Jean Luc ^b   Alpérovitch, Annick ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BIRTH; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CANNED FOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRODUCT RECOVERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PREFERENCES; FORECASTING; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0038380395     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0962280203sm330ra     Document Type: Article

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