Ionizing radiation effects on food vitamins - A review

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1267-1278

  Dionísio, Ana Paula ^a   Gomes, Renata Takassugui ^b   Oetterer, Marília ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Foods; Irradiation; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953333740     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132009000500026     Document Type: Article

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