Raw (unpasteurized) milk: Are health-conscious consumers making an unhealthy choice?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1418-1419

  Jay Russell, Michele T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONSUMER; DAIRY PRODUCT; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FREEZING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MILK; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PASTEURIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAW MILK; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MILK;

EID: 78649861601     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657305     Document Type: Note

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