Quantifying uncertainty associated with microbial count data: A Bayesian approach

Biometrics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 610-616

  Clough, H E ^a   Clancy, D ^a   O'Neill, P D ^b   Robinson, S E ^a   French, N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial enumeration; Risk assessment; Spiral plating

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BACTERIAL ENUMERATION; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; CONFIRMATORY TEST; COUNT DATUM; ESTIMATION METHODS; GENOTYPING; MICROBIAL COUNT; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; SPIRAL PLATING; UNCERTAINTY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACTERIUM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BAYES THEOREM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 20744456719     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2005.030903.x     Document Type: Review

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