Case studies in Bayesian microbial risk assessments

• Published in: Environmental health Vol. 8 Suppl 1; no. Suppl 1; p. S19
• Main Authors: Kennedy, Marc C, Clough, Helen E, Turner, Joanne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 01.01.2009; BioMed Central Ltd; BMC
• Subjects: Animals; Bayes Theorem; Case studies; Case-Control Studies; Cattle; Cohort Studies; Computer Simulation; Councils; Environmental health; Environmental protection; Escherichia coli Infections - epidemiology; Farms; Food chains; Food contamination & poisoning; Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology; Humans; Market shares; Milk; Milk - microbiology; Milk - poisoning; Monte Carlo Method; Monte Carlo simulation; Peer review; Preschool children; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Risk Assessment - methods; Science; Sensitivity analysis; Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli - isolation & purification; Social research; Stakeholders; United Kingdom - epidemiology; Workshops

The quantification of uncertainty and variability is a key component of quantitative risk analysis. Recent advances in Bayesian statistics make it ideal for integrating multiple sources of information, of different types and quality, and providing a realistic estimate of the combined uncertainty in...