Escherichia coli contamination of lettuce grown in soils amended with animal slurry

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1137-1144

  Jensen, A N ^a   Storm, C ^a   Forslund, A ^b   L Baggesen, D ^a   Dalsgaard, A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 84880309869     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-011     Document Type: Article

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