Estimating water activity in systems containing multiple solutes based on solute properties

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 559-563

  Roa, V ^a   Tapia, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Mathematical modeling; Prediction; Water activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032416433     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1998.tb15785.x     Document Type: Review

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