Eliciting expert opinion on the effectiveness and practicality of interventions in the farm and rural environment to reduce human exposure to Escherichia coli O157

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 643-654

  Cross, P ^a   Rigby, D ^b   Edwards Jones, G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best worst scaling; conjoint analysis; E. coli O157; epidemiology; expert elicitation; interventions; pathogens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; VACCINATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI VACCINES; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84858025403     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811001257     Document Type: Article

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