Development of a model to predict growth of Clostridium perfringens in cooked beef during cooling

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 336-341

  Smith Simpson, Sarah ^a   Schaffner, Donald W ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 13544271896     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-68.2.336     Document Type: Article

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