Am J Epidemiol 2004; 159:1200.
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When Food Kills: BSE, E. coli, and Disaster Science
Food Safety Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333
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By T. Hugh Pennington
ISBN 0198525176, Oxford University Press, New York, New York (Telephone: 800-445-9714, Fax: 919-677-1303, Website: http://www.oup.com/us, E-mail: orders@oup-usa.org), 2003, 226 pp., $39.50 (hardcover)
In this timely publication, When Food Kills: BSE, E. coli, and Disaster Science, Scottish professor T. Hugh Pennington, Chair of Bacteriology at Aberdeen University, recounts in detail the events surrounding two major outbreaks that took place in the United Kingdom. The first is the Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak