Food irradiation: After 35 years, have we made progress: A government perspective

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 82-88

  Young, Alvin L ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CIRRPC; Cold pasteurization; Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination (CIRRPC); Food irradiation; Irradiation, food; Public awareness of radiation risks

Indexed keywords

FOOD SAFETY; IRRADIATION; NUTRITION;

EID: 0037248321     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2001.11.100     Document Type: Review

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