Assessment of aflatoxin exposure of laboratory worker during food contamination analyses. Assessment of the procedures adopted by an A.R.PA.L. laboratory (Liguria Region Environmental Protection Agency)

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 375-380

  Traverso, A ^a   Bassoli, Viviana ^a   Cioe A ^a   Anselmo, Silvia ^b   Ferro, Marta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente Ligure   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Food; Laboratory workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049329111     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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