Listeria monocytogenes infection in the over-60s in England between 2005 and 2008: A retrospective case-control study utilizing market research panel data

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1373-1379

  Gillespie, Iain A ^a   Mook, Piers ^a   Little, Christine L ^a   Grant, Kathie ^a   Adak, Goutam K ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEEF; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DAIRY PRODUCT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MILK; PORK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SALMON; SHELLFISH; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 78149381614     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0568     Document Type: Article

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