Drying of foods: Evaluation of a drying model
β Scribed by Clara O. Rovedo; Constantino Suarez; Pascual E. Viollaz
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 772 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0260-8774
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