Incidence of aflatoxins, ochratoxin A and zearalenone in tunisian foods

Food Control

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 921-924

  Ghali, R ^a   Hmaissia khlifa, K ^a   Ghorbel, H ^a   Maaroufi, K ^b   Hedili, A ^a  

^a Research Unit   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; ELISA; Ochratoxin A; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549137017     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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