Foodborne disease significance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other enterohemorrhagic E. coli

Food Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 69-76

  Buchanan, Robert L ^a,b   Doyle, Michael P ^a,c,d  

^a IFT ^*  (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 5544274041     PISSN: 00156639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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