Exploring historical Canadian foodborne outbreak data sets for human illness attribution

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1963-1976

  Ravel, A ^a   Greig, J ^a   Tinga, C ^a   Todd, E ^b   Campbell, G ^c,d   Cassidy, M ^c   Marshall, B ^a   Pollari, F ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARTICLE; CANADA; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS;

CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 70349410404     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.9.1963     Document Type: Article

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