Use of risk assessment to reduce listeriosis incidence

Food Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 100-103

  Miller, Arthur J ^a,b   Whiting, Richard C ^a,b   Smith, James L ^a,b  

^a IFT ^*  (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0002527539     PISSN: 00156639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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