Fast food hamburgers: what are we really eating?

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 406-409

  Prayson, Brigid ^a   McMahon, James T ^b   Prayson, Richard A ^b  

^a Laurel School   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Hamburger; Histology; Sarcocystis

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CARTILAGE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAST FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; LIPID COMPOSITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOCYSTIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE TYPING; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; CATTLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOCYSTIS; WATER;

EID: 55149125126     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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