An outbreak of ammonia poisoning from chicken tenders served in a school lunch

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1299-1302

  Dworkin, Mark S ^a   Patel, Alpesh ^b   Fennell, Michelle ^b   Vollmer, Michael ^b   Bailey, Stacey ^b   Bloom, James ^a   Mudahar, Karnail ^a   Lucht, Roland ^a  

^a ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Will County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 2942614767     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.6.1299     Document Type: Article

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