Persistence of Salmonella and E. Coli on the surface of restaurant menus

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 8-14

  Sirsat, Sujata A ^a   Choi, Jin Kyung K ^b   Almanza, Barbara A ^b   Neal, Jack A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE VECTOR; FOOD; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PLASTIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CATERING SERVICE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOMITE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAPER; SALMONELLA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BACTERIAL LOAD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOMITES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPER; PLASTICS; RESTAURANTS; SALMONELLA; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877088485     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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