AndBovine milk chain in Italian farms. I. Arsenic levels in soil, gravitational and clean water, bovine diet, and milk

Agrochimica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-115

  Beni, C ^a   Diana, G ^a   Marconi, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

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BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

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