Use of low-dose irradiation to evaluate the radiation sensitivity of Escherichia coli O157:H7, non-O157 verotoxigenic Escherichia coli, and Salmonella in phosphate-buffered saline

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1438-1442

  Kundu, Devapriya ^a   Gill, Alexander ^b   Holley, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84882277755     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-492     Document Type: Article

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