Environmental contamination of dairy processing plants with Listeria and Yersinia;La contaminazione ambientale da listeria e yersinia nei caseifici

Igiene Moderna

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-187

  Pavia, M ^a   Bianco, A ^a   Rizzo, L ^b   Angelillo, I F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b ASL 7   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy processing plants; Environmental sampling; Listeria; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442626925     PISSN: 00191655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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