Sample preparation and presampling of pistachios

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 6068-6072

  Schatzki, Thomas F ^a   Toyofuku, Natsuko ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Mean; Pistachios; Subsampling; Variance

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONTAMINATION; EXTRACTION; HOMOGENATE; NUT; PARTICLE SIZE; PISTACHIO; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SAMPLE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORY; VARIANCE;

AFLATOXINS; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PISTACIA; PLANT EXTRACTS;

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 0141519630     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0301955     Document Type: Article

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