Estimating distributions of numbers of organisms in food products

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1535-1540

  Marks, Harry ^a   Coleman, Margaret ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SAFETY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032213726     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-61.11.1535     Document Type: Article

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