Estimation of the exposure of the uk population to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent through dietary intake during the period 1980 to 1996

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Chu Chih ^a   Wang, Yin Han ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEEF; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY AGENT; BRAIN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPOSURE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENDER; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTORY; INFANT; MALE; MEAT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIET; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899695149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094020     Document Type: Article

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