Preliminary results on mineral content of some beef muscles

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 272-274

  Barge, M T ^a   Piccone, G ^a   Barge, Paolo ^a   Cignetti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beef; Mineral composition; Muscle

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645760159     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2005.2s.272     Document Type: Article

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