Outbreak of salmonella Thompson in The Netherlands since July 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 43, 2012, Pages

  Friesema, I H ^a   de Jong, A E ^b   Fitz James, I A ^b   Heck, M E ^a   van den Kerkhof, J H ^a   Notermans, D W ^a   van Pelt, W ^a   Hofhuis, A ^a  

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

^b Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84868313773     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
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