Choose your menu wisely: Cuisine-associated food-poisoning risks in restaurants in England and Wales

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 997-1007

  Gormley, F J ^a   Rawal, N ^a   Little, C L ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; food safety; foodborne infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRITISH; CATERING SERVICE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINESE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HOSPITALIZATION; INDIAN; ITALIAN; RAW FOOD; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COOKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 84861126410     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811001567     Document Type: Article

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