Meat Color*

Handbook of Meat and Meat Processing, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 81-106

  Castigliego, Lorenzo ^a   Armani, Andrea ^a   Guidi, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1201/b11479-9     Document Type: Chapter

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