Intensive investigation of bacterial foodborne disease outbreaks: Proposed guidelines and tools for the collection of dose-response data by local health departments

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 616-623

  Jones, Roderick C ^a   Gerber, Susan I ^a   Diaz, Pamela S ^a   Williams, Larry L ^b   Dennis, Sherri B ^c   Parish, Eileen S ^c   Paul, William S ^a  

^a CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CHICAGO; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; FORECASTING; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2142823721     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.3.616     Document Type: Article

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