Is it nitrate that threatens life or the scare about nitrate?

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 86, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2005-2009

  Addiscott, Tom ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749648135     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2573     Document Type: Review

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