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American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published online on August 29, 2007
American Journal of Epidemiology, doi:10.1093/aje/kwm243
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American Journal of Epidemiology © The Author 2007. Published by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

Book Review

Epidemiologic Principles and Food Safety

Edited by Tamar Lasky

Margaret A. McDowell

Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782

(e-mail: MMcDowell@cdc.gov)

ISBN 978-0-19-517263-8, Oxford University Press, New York, New York (Telephone: 800-445-9714, Fax: 919-677-1303, Website: http://www.oupusa.org), 2007, 272 pp., $49.95 (Hardcover)

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A safer, healthier food supply ranks as one of the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century (1). Epidemiologic Principles and Food Safety (2) reminds us that food safety is a continuing public health challenge. Every year, an estimated 75 million Americans are sickened by foodborne illnesses, and more than 300,000 require hospitalization (3). Significant changes have occurred in the nation's food supply and the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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