Microbial health risk posed by table eggs in Trinidad

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1049-1056

  Adesiyun, A ^a   Offiah, N ^a   Seepersadsingh, N ^a   Rodrigo, S ^a   Lashley, V ^b   Musai, L ^b   Georges, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; EGG SHELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; LISTERIA; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SAMPLING; SEROTYPING; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGG SHELL; EGGS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 28244434130     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805004565     Document Type: Article

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