Acute aflatoxicosis: Case report

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 320-324

  Mwanda, O W ^a   Otieno, C F ^a   Omonge, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

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EID: 23844479630     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v82i6.9305     Document Type: Article

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