Quantitative risk assessment for bovine spongiform encephalopathy in low- or zero-prevalence countries: The example of Norway

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1105-1117

  Hogasen, Helga Rachel ^a   De Koeijer, Aline A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Infections Diseases   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy); Cohort analysis; Mad cow disease; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPREADSHEETS;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; MAD COW DISEASES;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

BONE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; MEAT; MODELING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONGE; SPREADSHEET;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEAT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 36849039506     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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