Foodborne illness: Is it on the rise?

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 257-269

  Nyachuba, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Food safety; Foodborne illness; Outbreak; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLOBACTER; CATERING SERVICE; CONSUMER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SALMONELLA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO; YERSINIA; ANIMAL; FOOD CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955878047     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2010.00286.x     Document Type: Review

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