Composite Flours and Breads: Potential of Local Crops in Developing Countries

Flour and Breads and their Fortification in Health and Disease Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 183-192

  Olaoye, Olusegun A ^a   Ade Omowaye, Beatrice I O ^b  

^a The Federal Polytechnic   (Nigeria)

^b LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

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EID: 84882485712     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380886-8.10017-0     Document Type: Chapter

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