| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction and background / Tamar Lasky -- Infectious agents / A. Mahdi Saeed and Ritha Naji -- Surveillance and description / Luenda E. Charles and Tamar Lasky -- Vehicles, sources, risk factors, and causes / Tamar Lasky -- Food as exposure : measuring dietary intake and consumption patterns / Nga L. Tran and Leila Barraj -- Managing a food-borne outbreak / Tamar Lasky -- Epidemiologic study designs / Tamar Lasky -- Data quality / Tamar Lasky -- Risk assessment / Steven A. Anderson and Sherri B. Dennis -- Food production and processing / James C. Kile -- Food handling and preparation / Charles Higgins -- The economic context / Tanya Roberts -- The regulatory environment / Sean Altekruse |
| Summary |
Describing the ways epidemiologic principles are applied to meet the challenges of maintaining a safe food supply, this book addresses prevention and control of foodborne illnesses. The book concludes by describing the regulatory context that shapes food safety activities at local, national and international levels |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Food -- Safety measures.
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Epidemiology.
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Food supply
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Food -- Toxicology.
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Food Contamination -- prevention & control
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Food Safety
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Epidemiologic Studies
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Epidemiology
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Food Supply
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Epidemiology
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Food -- Safety measures
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Food supply
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Food -- Toxicology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lasky, Tamar.
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| ISBN |
9780195172638 |
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0195172639 |
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9780199865727 |
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0199865728 |
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