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Volume 92, Issue 4

1 April 1990

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Editors

Robert Hamlin;

Robert Hamlin

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Stefano Bresciani;

Stefano Bresciani

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Louise Manning;

Louise Manning

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Michael Carolan;

Michael Carolan

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Alberto Ferraris

Alberto Ferraris

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Research Article| April 01 1990

Food Poisoning: Tracing the Source of Outbreaks

John M. Cowden

John M. Cowden

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Author & Article Information

Publisher: Emerald Publishing

Online ISSN: 1758-4108

Print ISSN: 0007-070X

© MCB UP Limited

1990

British Food Journal (1990) 92 (4): 23–27.

https://doi.org/10.1108/00070709010006776

The role and methods of descriptive and analytical epidemiology in the investigation of outbreaks of foodborne disease are described. The relationship between epidemiological and microbiological investigation is addressed, and the need for a sensitive surveillance system to detect outbreaks is shown. Examples are drawn from recent cases or important outbreaks of salmonellosis in England.

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© MCB UP Limited

1990

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