Human listeriosis outbreaks linked to dairy products in Europe

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Lunden J ^a   Tolvanen, R ^a   Korkeala, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dairy product; Listeriosis; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33745358656     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)70056-9     Document Type: Article

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