Biodegradable films made from low density polyethylene (LDPE), ethylene acrylic acid (EAA), polycaprolactone (PCL) and wheat starch for food packaging applications: Part 3

Starch/Staerke

Volumn 49, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 306-322

  Arvanitoyannis, Ioannis ^a,b   Psomiadou, Eleni ^a,b   Biliaderis, Costas G ^a,b   Ogawa, Hiromasa ^c   Kawasaki, Norioki ^c   Nakayama, Atsuyoshi ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Lab of Food Chem and Biochemistry   (Greece)

^c OSAKA NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 0000448124     PISSN: 00389056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/star.19970490712     Document Type: Article

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