Systematic environmental evaluations to identify food safety differences between outbreak and nonoutbreak restaurants

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2697-2702

  Hedberg, Craig W ^a   Smith, S Jay ^b   Kirklanb, Elizabeth ^b   Radke, Vincent ^b   Jones, Tim F ^c   Selman, Carol A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 33751202727     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.11.2697     Document Type: Article

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