Occurrence of aflatoxin M1 in cheese processed and marketed in Lebanon

Food Control

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 140-143

  Elkak, Assem ^a   El Atat, Oula ^a   Habib, Jean ^a   Abbas, Mohamad ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

AFM1; Cheese; ELISA; Human health

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355131671     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.10.033     Document Type: Article

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