The Unintended Ecological and Social Impacts of Food Safety Regulations in California's Central Coast Region

BioScience

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1173-1183

  Karp, Daniel S ^a,b   Baur, Patrick ^a   Atwill, Edward R ^c   De Master, Kathryn ^a   Gennet, Sasha ^b   Iles, Alastair ^a   Nelson, Joanna L ^b,d   Sciligo, Amber R ^a   Kremen, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agroecosystems; conservation; Escherichia coli O157:H7; pathogen; public health; socioecological system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960959603     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biv152     Document Type: Review

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