Effect of stretching pre-rigor muscle on the backscattering of polarized near-infrared

Food Research International

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 445-449

  Swatland, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meat tenderness; Near infrared; Optical sensors; Polarized light

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000587779     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0963-9969(96)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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