Natural occurrence of zearalenone in Tunisian wheat grains

Food Control

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 773-777

  Zaied, Chiraz ^a   Zouaoui, Nidhal ^a   Bacha, Hassan ^a   Abid, Salwa ^a  

^a Faculty of Dentistry   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Tunisia; Wheat; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855221334     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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