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Brown LG, Hoover ER, Selman CA, Coleman EW, Rogers HS. Outbreak characteristics associated with identification of contributing factors to foodborne illness outbreaks. Epidemiol Infect. 2017;145(11):2254-62.

Freeland AL, Masters M, Nicholas D, Kramer A, Brown LG. Facilitators and barriers to conducting environmental assessments for food establishment outbreaks, National Environmental Assessment Reporting System, 2014-2016. J Environ Health;2019;81(8):24-8.

Hoover ER, Hedeen N, Freeland A, Kambhampati A, Dewey-Mattia D, Scott K-W, et al. Restaurant policies and practices related to norovirus outbreak size and duration. J Food Prot. 2020;83(9):1607-18 (Brown LG)

Lipcsei LE, Brown LG, Coleman EW, Kramer A, Masters M, Wittry BC, et al. Foodborne illness outbreaks at retail establishments—National Environmental Assessment Reporting System, 16 state and local health departments, 2014-2016.MMWR Surveill Summ. 2019;68(SS1):1-20. [Reed K, Radke VJ]

Wittry BC, Holst MM, Anderberg J, Hedeen N. Operational antecedents associated with Clostridium perfringens outbreaks in retail food establishments, United States, 2015–2018. Foodborne Pathogens Dis. 2022; 219(3):209-16. Online ahead of print 2022 Mar 7. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2021.0068

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