Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 98-102 , April 2008

Applying morphologic techniques to evaluate hotdogs: what is in the hotdogs we eat?

  • Brigid E. Prayson

      Affiliations

    • Laurel School
  • ,
  • James T. McMahon, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
  • ,
  • Richard A. Prayson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 216 444 8805; fax: +1 216 445 6967.

References 

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  2. Hot Dogs and Food Safety. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service. Website:http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Hot_Dogs/index.asp. Accessed November 20, 2006.
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  4. Beisel CE, Morens DM. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and acquired and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Clin Infect Dis. 2004;38:697–704
  5. Tan L, Williams MA, Khan MK, et al. Risk of transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to humans in the United States: report of the Council of Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association. JAMA. 1999;281:2330–2339

PII: S1092-9134(07)00061-5

doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2007.04.012

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 98-102 , April 2008