Occurrence of Campylobacter spp. in raw and ready-to-eat foods and in a Canadian food service operation

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2087-2093

  Medeiros, Diane T ^a,b   Sattar, Syed A ^a   Farber, Jeffrey M ^b   Carrillo, Catherine D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 53749096845     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.10.2087     Document Type: Article

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