Leafy Vegetables

The Produce Contamination Problem

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 165-187

  Matthews, Karl R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79960082465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374186-8.00008-2     Document Type: Chapter

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