Measuring microbiological contamination in fruit and vegetables

Improving the Safety of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 89-134

  Pla, M ^a   Rodriguez Lazaro D ^a   Badosa, E ^a   Montesinos, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1533/9781845690243.1.89     Document Type: Chapter

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