The Foods Most Often Associated with Major Foodborne Pathogens: Attributing Illnesses to Food Sources and Ranking Pathogen/Food Combinations

Foodborne Infections and Intoxications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 19-35

  Batz, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Disease burden; Expert elicitation; Foodborne illness; Foodborne outbreaks; Priority setting; Quality adjusted life years; Risk assessment; Risk ranking; Source attribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884045437     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416041-5.00002-0     Document Type: Chapter

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