Honey consumption in the state of São Paulo: A risk to human health?

Anaerobe

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 299-303

  Rall, V L M ^a   Bombo, A J ^a   Lopes, T F ^a   Carvalho, L R ^a   Silva, M G ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Clostridium botulinum; Foodborne disease; Honey; Infantile botulism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOTULISM; BRAZIL; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH HAZARD; HONEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; YEAST;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0344982966     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-9964(03)00121-5     Document Type: Article

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