Causal hidden variable model of pathogenic contamination from pig to pork

Statistical Modelling

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-87

  Ranta, Jukka ^a   Siekkinen, Kirsi Maarit ^a   Nuotio, Lasse ^b   Laukkanen, Riikka ^c   Hellström, Sanna ^c   Korkeala, Hannu ^c   Maijala, Riitta ^c  

^a NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b CENTRE FOR MILITARY MEDICINE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian causal model; Food safety; Listeria; Pork production; Risk assessment; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950538391     PISSN: 1471082X     EISSN: 14770342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471082X0801000105     Document Type: Article

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