Monitoring the occurrence of genetically modified maize at a grain receiving port and along transportation routes in the Republic of Korea

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 456-461

  Park, Kee Woong ^a   Lee, Bumkyu ^a   Kim, Chang Gi ^a   Kim, Do Young ^a   Park, Ji Young ^a   Ko, Eun Mi ^a   Jeong, Soon Chun ^a   Choi, Kyung Hwa ^a   Yoon, Won Kee ^a   Kim, Hwan Mook ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Environmental risk; Genetically modified organism; Maize; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 71849091518     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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