Listeria monocytogenes growth dynamics on produce: A review of the available data for predictive modeling

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 661-673

  Hoelzer, Karin ^a   Pouillot, Régis ^a   Dennis, Sherri ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BROCCOLI; CABBAGE; CANTALOUPE; CARROT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDIVE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HARVEST PERIOD; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MAIZE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; POLLUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUTABAGA; SOYBEAN; TOMATO;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD STORAGE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84864724073     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2011.1087     Document Type: Review

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