Listeriosis risk assessment: Simulation modelling and "what if" scenarios applied to consumption of ready-to-eat products in a Spanish population

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-239

  Garrido, Victoria ^a   García Jalón, Isabel ^a   Vitas, Ana Isabel ^a   Sanaa, Moez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Model; Risk assessment; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 70349816986     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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