Modeling the public health system response to a terrorist event in the food supply

Risk Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1506-1520

  Hartnett, Emma ^b   Paoli, Gregory M ^b   Schaffner, Donald W ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RISK SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Consequence modeling; Food safety; Public health system

Indexed keywords

BIOTERRORISM; CONSEQUENCE MODELING; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; EXPERT JUDGMENT; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; LEVEL OF DETAIL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS; RESPONSE SYSTEMS; RISK REDUCTIONS; SALMONELLA SPP; SIMULATION MODEL; SYSTEM CHANGE; TERRORIST EVENTS; THREE COMPONENT;

AGRICULTURE; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; RISK PERCEPTION;

HEALTH;

BACTERIUM; BIOTERRORISM; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CASE STUDY; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SALMONELLA; TERRORISM; THREAT;

ALGORITHMS; BIOTERRORISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 70350520057     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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