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The Establishment of a National System of Food Inspection in Canada

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  1. Dept. of Health Care and Epidemiology, 5804 Fairview Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada

    Aleck Ostry MA, MSc, PhD, Tara Shannon MA, Tasnim Nathoo BSc & Lise Dubois PhD

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Correspondence to Aleck Ostry MA, MSc, PhD.

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Acknowledgements: The support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Ms. Nathoo holds a Trainee Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. Dr. Ostry holds a New Investigator award from the Canadian Institute for Health Research and a Scholar Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. Dr. Dubois holds a scholar award from the Canadian Institute for Health Research and is also supported by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. We acknowledge the support of all these institutions for this work

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Ostry, A., Shannon, T., Nathoo, T. et al. The Establishment of a National System of Food Inspection in Canada. Can J Public Health 94, 265–266 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03403548

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