Occurrence of aflatoxins in various nuts commercialized in Turkey

Journal of Food Safety

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-105

  Basaran, Pervin ^a   Ozcan, Meltem ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CORYLUS; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 58849141363     PISSN: 01496085     EISSN: 17454565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4565.2008.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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