Epidemiology

Jim McLauchlin; Christine Little; Gordon Nichols; Richard Elson; Iain Gillespie

doi:10.1201/b13378-13

Epidemiology

Jim McLauchlin, Christine Little, Gordon Nichols, Richard Elson, Iain Gillespie

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Surveillance and epidemiology 114 Surveillance systems 115 Field investigations and descriptive studies 124 Analytical studies 125 Attribution 129 Evaluation 131 Policy development 131 Burden of illness 132 Factors contributing to outbreaks of food poisoning 133 Examples of outbreaks and incidents 133 Summary 143 Sources of information and further reading 143 Compiling an evidence base for the control of food poisoning and application of good food hygiene practices requires collection, analysis and interpreta - tion of data on the occurrence of foodborne disease. Therefore it is essential to have an understanding of how data are collected, how food poisoning agents are identified and how this information is translated into interven tions to prevent more cases occurring.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Hobbs’ Food Poisoning and Food Hygiene, 7th edition
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	114-145
Number of pages	32
ISBN (Electronic)	9781444113747
ISBN (Print)	9781138454903
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/b13378-13
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2007

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© 2007 by Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd (Chapters 1-10 and 12-32) and Alec Kyriakides (Chapter 11).

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