A comparison between the discrete Poisson-gamma and Poisson-lognormal distributions to characterise microbial counts in foods

Food Control

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1279-1286

  Gonzales Barron, Ursula ^a   Butler, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Distributions; Gamma; Lognormal; Microbial counts; Negative binomial; Poisson gamma; Poisson lognormal

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953799121     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.01.029     Document Type: Article

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