Effect of temperature and relative humidity during transportation on green coffee bean moisture content and ochratoxin A production

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 164-171

  Palacios Cabrera, Hector A ^a   Menezes, Hilary C ^b   Iamanaka, Beatriz T ^a   Canepa, Frederico ^c   Teixeira, Aldir A ^d   Carvalhaes, Nelson ^c   Santi, Domenico ^e   Leme, Plinio T Z ^f   Yotsuyanagi, Katumi ^a   Taniwaki, Marta H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Assicafe Assessoria e Consultoria Agrícola Ltda ^*

^d Grimaldi Group Brazil   (Brazil)

^e Grimaldi Group Brazil   (Brazil)

^f Leme Armazéns Gerais   (Brazil)

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EID: 33846659687     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.1.164     Document Type: Article

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