Journal article
World Health Organization Global Estimates and Regional Comparisons of the Burden of Foodborne Disease in 2010
Abstract
Illness and death from diseases caused by contaminated food are a constant threat to public health and a significant impediment to socio-economic development worldwide. To measure the global and regional burden of foodborne disease (FBD), the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG), which here reports their first estimates of the incidence, mortality, and disease burden due to …
Authors
Havelaar AH; Kirk MD; Torgerson PR; Gibb HJ; Hald T; Lake RJ; Praet N; Bellinger DC; de Silva NR; Gargouri N
Journal
PLOS Medicine, Vol. 12, No. 12,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1001923
ISSN
1549-1277