Epidemiologic principles and food safety

Epidemiologic principles and food safety / edited by Tamar Lasky.

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 inte...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lasky, Tamar
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Food > Safety measures.
Epidemiology.
Food supply.
Food > Toxicology.
Epidemiology
Food > Safety measures
Food supply
Food > Toxicology
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Table of 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.

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