Foodborne diseases in Malaysia: A review

Food Control

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 823-830

  Soon, J M ^a,b   Singh, H ^c   Baines, R ^a  

^a ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN   (Malaysia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Food service; Foodborne disease; Malaysia; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751706581     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.12.011     Document Type: Review

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