Consumer home refrigeration practices: Results of a web-based survey

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1640-1649

  Kosa, Katherine M ^a   Cates, Sheryl C ^a   Karns, Shawn ^a   Godwin, Sandria L ^b   Chambers, Delores ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34447536812     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.7.1640     Document Type: Article

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