Etiology and management of aflatoxin contamination

Mycotoxins: Detection Methods, Management, Public Health and Agricultural Trade

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 287-299

  Cotty, Peter J ^a   Probst, Claudia ^a   Jaime Garcia, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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