Using a Theoretical predictive tool for the analysis of recent health department inspections at outbreak restaurants and relation of this information to foodborne illness likelihood

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2016-2027

  Petran, Ruth L ^a   White, Bruce W ^a   Hedberg, Craig W ^b  

^a Ecolab Research Development and Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84868560687     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-147     Document Type: Article

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