Airborne mycotoxins in dust from grain elevators

Mycotoxin Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-100

  Mayer, S ^a   Curtui, V ^b   Usleber, E ^b   Gareis, M ^c  

^a Employers' Liability Insurance Association (Großhandels und Lagerei Berufsgenossenschaft)   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne exposure; Deoxynivalenol; Grain dust; MTT bioassay; Ochratoxin A; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049112542     PISSN: 01787888     EISSN: 18671632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02946033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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