Introduction: Historical Highlights of Water Activity Research

Water Activity in Foods: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-13

  Chirife, Jorge ^a   Fontana, Anthony J ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^b Decagon Devices Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Microorganisms; Moisture; Properties of foods; Temperature; Water activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872216052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376454.ch1     Document Type: Editorial

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