Nanotechnology and the food sector: From the farm to the table

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 387-403

  Meetoo, Danny D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food packaging; Nano food; Nano particles; Notechnology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859859993     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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