Food-poisoning and commercial air travel

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 276-286

  McMullan, R ^a,b   Edwards, P J ^c   Kelly, M J ^c   Millar, B C ^a   Rooney, P J ^a   Moore, J E ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH AIRWAYS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Airline; Bioterrorism; Norwalk virus; Salmonella; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CATERING SERVICE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO; WATER QUALITY;

AIRCRAFT; BACILLUS CEREUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; TRAVEL;

EID: 34548529096     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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