Epidemiologic principles and food safety / edited by Tamar Lasky.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

xviii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Economic context / Tanya Roberts -- Regulatory environment / Sean Altekruse.