A review of outbreaks of foodborne disease associated with passenger ships: Evidence for risk management

Public Health Reports

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 427-434

  Rooney, Roisin M ^a   Cramer, Elaine H ^b   Mantha, Stacey ^c   Nichols, Gordon ^d   Bartram, Jamie K ^a   Farber, Jeffrey M ^c   Benembarek, Peter K ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CYCLOSPORA; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; HEATING; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOROVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SALMONELLA; SANITATION; SEA FOOD; SHIGELLA; SHIP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRICHINELLA; VIBRIO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COOKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FREEZING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

COOKERY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MORBIDITY; NAVAL MEDICINE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFRIGERATION; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SANITATION; SHIPS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 3242659079     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phr.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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