Application of a rapid screening method to detect irradiated meat in Brazil

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 3-6, 2000, Pages 295-298

  Villavicencio, Anna Lucia C H ^a   Mancini Filho, Jorge ^b   Delincée, Henry ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA; Food irradiation detection; Meat

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; DNA; IONIZING RADIATION; MEATS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

BRAZIL; COMET ASSAY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; RADIATION TREATMENT; RAPID SCREENING METHOD;

IRRADIATION;

BRAZIL; COMET ASSAY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; MEAT; RADIATION STERILIZATION; SCREENING;

EID: 0034099371     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(99)00394-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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