Quantitative Risk Assessment of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Finfish: A Model of Raw Horse Mackerel Consumption in Japan

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1817-1832

  Iwahori, Jun'ichiro ^a   Yamamoto, Akio ^b   Suzuki, Hodaka ^c   Yamamoto, Takehisa ^d   Tsutsui, Toshiyuki ^d   Motoyama, Keiko ^e   Sawada, Mikiko ^e   Matsushita, Tomoki ^f   Hasegawa, Atsushi ^f   Osaka, Ken ^g   Toyofuku, Hajime ^h   Kasuga, Fumiko ^c  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Consumer Sciences   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e Hitachi Solutions   (Japan)

^f MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dose response model; Food borne microbial disease; Quantitative risk assessment; Raw fish; Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

DOSE-RESPONSE MODELS; MICROBIAL DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; RAW FISH; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIOLOGY; DRUG DOSAGE; FISH; FOOD STORAGE; MEATS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RATING; RISK PERCEPTION; WASHING; WATER POLLUTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FINFISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PERCIFORMES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; PERCIFORMES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

JAPAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; TRACHURUS JAPONICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 78649803026     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01444.x     Document Type: Article

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