Editorial - Aflatoxicosis: Health implications

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 273-274

  Mwanda, O W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; EDITORIAL; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOTOXICOSIS; PATHOGENICITY;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; MYCOTOXICOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 23844553176     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v82i6.9307     Document Type: Editorial

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