Modulation of the human immune system by aflatoxin

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 41-52

  Jolly, Pauline E ^a   Jiang, Yi ^a   Ellis, William O ^b   Sheng Wang, Jia ^e   Afriyie Gyawu, Evans ^c   Phillips, Timothy D ^c   Williams, Jonathan H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e NONE

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