Mycotoxins in food from Jordan: Preliminary survey

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1099-1103

  Salem, Nida' M ^a   Ahmad, Rafat ^a  

^a ROYAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

ELISA; Food; Jordan; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950047203     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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