Summary: Canada’s Food-borne Illness Outbreak Response Protocol
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Management of food borne illness
Food borne illness is a serious public health problem. Number of Person dies as a result of food borne illnesses are primarily the very young, elderly and the immunocompromised. Recent changes in human demographics and food preferences, changes in food production and distribution systems, microbial adaptation, and lack of support for public health resources and infrastructure have led to the em...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canada Communicable Disease Report
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1481-8531
DOI: 10.14745/ccdr.v40i14a04