Coxiella burnetii and milk pasteurization: An early application of the precautionary principle?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 946-951

  Cerf, O ^a   Condron, R ^b  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b Dairy Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEAT TOLERANCE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEAT; HUMANS; MILK; Q FEVER;

EID: 33748355140     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806005978     Document Type: Article

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