Impact of restaurant hygiene grade cards on foodborne-disease hospitalizations in Los Angeles County

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Simon, Paul A ^a   Leslie, Phillip ^b   Run, Grace ^b   Jin, Ginger Zhe ^b   Reporter, Roshan ^b   Aguirre, Arturo ^b   Fielding, Jonathan E ^b  

^a LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; HYGIENE;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTAURANTS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14344252097     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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