Preliminary research concerning the use of electron accelerators to improve the conservability and to extend the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 99-102

  Minea, R ^a   Oproiu, C ^a   Pascanu, S ^a   Matei, C ^a   Ferdes, O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC PHYSICS   (Romania)

^b Institute for Food Research Bucharest   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUITS; IRRADIATION; MICROORGANISMS; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

ELECTRON ACCELERATORS; ELECTRON ENERGY; FOOD SAFETY; MICROBIAL LOAD CONTROL; MICROORGANISM REDUCTION; SHELF LIFE EXTENSION; VEGETABLES;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0030172213     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-583X(95)01403-9     Document Type: Article

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