Current-status survival analysis methodology applied to estimating sensory shelf life of ready-to-eat lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

Journal of Sensory Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-170

  Araneda, Mabel ^a   Hough, Guillermo ^b,c   De Penna, Emma Wittig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Instituto Superior Experimental de Tecnologia Alimentaria   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITATA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 41749106250     PISSN: 08878250     EISSN: 1745459X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-459X.2007.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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