Status of food irradiation in the world

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 222-226

  Kume, Tamikazu ^a   Furuta, Masakazu ^b   Todoriki, Setsuko ^c   Uenoyama, Naoki ^d   Kobayashi, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Osaka City University   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d Japan Atomic Industrial Forum Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic scale; Food irradiation

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL FOODS; ECONOMIC SCALE; FOOD IRRADIATION; HEALTH FOODS; IRRADIATED FOODS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

DISINFECTION; FRUITS; SURVEYS;

IRRADIATION;

EID: 58349086937     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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