Sensitivity analysis of a two-dimensional quantitative microbiological risk assessment: Keeping variability and uncertainty separated

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1295-1307

  Busschaert, Pieter ^a,b   Geeraerd, Annemie H ^a,b   Uyttendaele, Mieke ^c   van Impe, Jan F ^a,b  

^a CPMF Flemish Cluster Predictive Microbiology in Foods   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Quantitative microbiological risk assessment; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

INHERENT VARIABILITY; INPUT VARIABLES; LISTERIOSIS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUMBER OF METHODS; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENTS; STORAGE TEMPERATURES; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY AND VARIABILITY; VARIABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; FOOD STORAGE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RATING; RISK PERCEPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRUIT; HEALTH RISK; MEAT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; LISTERIOSIS; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LISTERIOSIS; MEAT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 80051667572     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01592.x     Document Type: Article

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