Food-borne illnesses during pregnancy: Prevention and treatment

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 341-343

  Tam, Carolyn ^a   Erebara, Aida ^a   Einarson, Adrienne ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; MERCURY;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HONEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RAW FOOD; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SALMON; SALMONELLA; SHRIMP; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STANDARD;

FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 77951662880     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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