Occurrence of aflatoxins in pistachio nuts in esfahan province of Iran

Journal of Food Safety

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 330-340

  Pour, R Sarhang ^a   Rasti, M ^b   Zighamian, H ^a   Daraei Garmakhani, A ^a,c  

^a Members of Food Quality Control Laboratory of EbneSina   (Iran)

^b Scientific Member of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Esfahan   (Iran)

^c Gorgan Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 77953098966     PISSN: 01496085     EISSN: 17454565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4565.2009.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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