Natural Occurrence of Some Fusarium Mycotoxins in Corn from Low and High Esophageal Cancer Prevalence Areas of the Transkei, Southern Africa

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1990, Pages 1900-1903

  Sydenham, Eric W ^a   Thiel, Pieter G ^a   Marasas, Walter F O ^a   Shephard, Gordon S ^a   Van Schalkwyk, Dirk J ^a   Koch, Klaus R ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 19944407897     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf00100a004     Document Type: Article

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