BSE safety standards: An evaluation of public health policies of Japan, Europe, and USA

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 303-314

  Matibag, Gino C ^a   Igarashi, Manabu ^a   Tamashiro, Hiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Creutzfeldt jakob disease; Mad cow disease; Public health policy; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BOVINAE;

EID: 26244443475     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.10.303     Document Type: Article

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