Titre :
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An assessment of the ability of routine restaurant inspections to predict food-borne outbreaks in Miami-Dade County, Florida. (2001)
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Auteurs :
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Miguel-A CRUZ ;
Dolores-J KATZ ;
Juan-A Suarez
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 91, n° 5, 2001)
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Pagination :
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821-823
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Restaurant
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Intoxication alimentaire
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Homme
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Etats Unis
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Amérique
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Appareil digestif [pathologie]
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST sR0xh11k. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study sought to determine the usefulness of restaurant inspections in predicting food-borne outbreaks in Miami-Dade County, Fla. Methods. Inspection reports of restaurants with outbreaks in 1995 (cases ; n=51) were compared with those of randomly selected restaurants that had no reported outbreaks (controls ; n=76). Results. Cases and controls did not differ by overall inspection outcome or mean number of critical violations. Only 1 critical violation-evidence of vermin-was associated with outbreaks (odds ratio=3.3 ; 95% confidence interval=1.1,13.1). Conclusions. Results of restaurant inspections in Miami-Dade County did not predict outbreaks. If these findings are representative of the situation in other jurisdictions, inspection practices may need to be updated.
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