A statistical method to determine whether micro-organisms are randomly distributed in a food matrix, applied to coliforms and Escherichia coli O157 in minced beef

Food Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 297-303

  Reinders, Rob D ^a,b   De Jonge, Rob ^a   Evers, Eric G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foodborne pathogens; Lognormal distribution; Minced beef; Poisson distribution

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037409443     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-0020(02)00134-X     Document Type: Article

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