Moisture Effects on Food's Chemical Stability

Water Activity in Foods: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 173-198

  Bell, Leonard N ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical reactions; Food's chemical stability; Microbial growth; Moisture effects; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889836948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376454.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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