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A cost benefit study of milk-borne salmonellosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

D. R. Cohen ,
I. A. Porter ,
T. M. S. Reid ,
J. C. M. Sharp ,
G. I. Forbes  and
G. M. Paterson
D. R. Cohen
Affiliation:
Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen
I. A. Porter
Affiliation:
Regional Laboratory, City Hospital, Aberdeen,
T. M. S. Reid
Affiliation:
Regional Laboratory, City Hospital, Aberdeen,
J. C. M. Sharp
Affiliation:
Communicable Diseases (Scotland) Unit,
G. I. Forbes
Affiliation:
Scottish Home and Health Department,
G. M. Paterson
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland
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An estimate of the benefits which would result from a ban on the sale of non-pasteurized milk in Scotland has been assessed by costing a recent outbreak of milk-borne salmonellosis in the Grampian Region.

The cost of such a ban would not exceed the benefits under any but the most severe assumptions about the values attached to intangible benefits

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 91 , Issue 1 , August 1983 , pp. 17 - 23
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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