New research on estimating the global burden of foodborne disease

Advances in Microbial Food Safety

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 260-271

  Lake, Rob ^a   Havelaar, A H ^b,c  

^a ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

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

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attribution; Burden; Disability adjusted life year; Disease; Foodborne; Metric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903036126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857098740.3.260     Document Type: Chapter

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