Risk ranking: Investigating expert and public differences in evaluating food safety hazards

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1875-1885

  Webster, Kevin ^a   Jardine, Cindy ^a   Cash, Sean B ^b   McMullen, Lynn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 78649364786     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.10.1875     Document Type: Article

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