Manure Management

The Produce Contamination Problem

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 79-104

  Millner, Patricia D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374186-8.00004-5     Document Type: Chapter

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