Aflatoxins and Fluorescence in Brazil Nuts and Pistachio Nuts

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1992, Pages 2453-2457

  Steiner, Walter E ^a   Brunschweiler, Katharina ^a   Leimbacher, Esther ^a   Schneider, Rosmarie ^a  

^a Kantonales Labor Zurich   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33751392331     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf00024a022     Document Type: Article

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