Risk assessment of calcium carbide use in fruit ripening among farmers, farm workers and fruit traders in the Northern Region of Malaysia

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Risk assessment of calcium carbide use in fruit ripening among farmers, farm workers and fruit traders in the Northern Region of Malaysia

Introduction: Ripening agent is a material that is used to accelerate the fruit ripening activity and calcium carbide (CaC2), a chemical ripening agent, is widely used since antiquity for seasonal fruits ripening purposes. Artificial fruits ripening become dubious in recent yea...

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Main Author:	Ismail, Noor Shaeda
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Fruit Fruit - chemistry Farmers - psychology
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90043/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90043/1/FPSK%28p%29%202019%2041%20-%20IR.pdf

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