Analysis of water vapour transmission rate of perforation-mediated modified atmosphere packaging (PM-MAP)

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 555-561

  Mahajan, P V ^a   Rodrigues, F A S ^a   Leflaive, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROCESSING; WATER ANALYSIS;

MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING; TRANSMISSION RATES; WATER VAPOUR;

WELL PERFORATION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 47149094623     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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