Risk-based estimate of effect of foodborne diseases on public health, Greece

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1581-1590

  Gkogka, Elissavet ^a   Reij, Martine W ^a   Havelaar, Arie H ^b,c   Zwietering, Marcel H ^a   Gorris, Leon G M ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d Unilever R and D   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FATALITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GREECE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLOSIS; STATISTICS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80052169883     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1709.101766     Document Type: Article

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