Food irradiation: A risk not worth taking

Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 756-758

  Tritsch, George L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENICITY; FOOD IRRADIATION; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PASTEURIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036752781     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(02)00867-5     Document Type: Note

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