Study on the influence of food processing on nitrate levels in vegetables
2013; European Food Safety Authority; Volume: 10; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2903/sp.efsa.2013.en-514
ISSN2397-8325
AutoresKsenija Ekart, Alenka Hmelak Gorenjal, Eneko Madorran, Slavko Lapajne, Tomaž Langerholc,
Tópico(s)Animal Nutrition and Physiology
ResumoEFSA Supporting PublicationsVolume 10, Issue 12 514E External scientific reportOpen Access Study on the influence of food processing on nitrate levels in vegetables Ksenija Ekart, Ksenija Ekart University of MariborSearch for more papers by this authorAlenka Hmelak Gorenjal, Alenka Hmelak Gorenjal University of MariborSearch for more papers by this authorEneko Madorran, Eneko Madorran University of MariborSearch for more papers by this authorSlavko Lapajne, Slavko Lapajne University of MariborSearch for more papers by this authorTomaž Langerholc, Tomaž Langerholc University of MariborSearch for more papers by this author Ksenija Ekart, Ksenija Ekart University of MariborSearch for more papers by this authorAlenka Hmelak Gorenjal, Alenka Hmelak Gorenjal University of MariborSearch for more papers by this authorEneko Madorran, Eneko Madorran University of MariborSearch for more papers by this authorSlavko Lapajne, Slavko Lapajne University of MariborSearch for more papers by this authorTomaž Langerholc, Tomaž Langerholc University of MariborSearch for more papers by this author First published: 05 December 2013 https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2013.EN-514Citations: 8 The present document has been produced and adopted by the bodies identified above as author(s). 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