Studies on the risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 244-248

  Notermans, S ^a   Dufrenne, J ^b   Teunis, P ^b   Chackraborty, T ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0032006589     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-61.2.244     Document Type: Article

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