Aflatoxin contamination level in Iran's pistachio nut during years 2009-2011

Food Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 540-544

  Dini, Ali ^a   Khazaeli, Payam ^b   Roohbakhsh, Ali ^a   Madadlou, Ashkan ^c   Pourenamdari, Mostafa ^b   Setoodeh, Laleh ^b   Askarian, Ameneh ^b   Doraki, Nader ^a   Farrokhi, Hoda ^b   Moradi, Hasan ^b   Khodadadi, Esmate ^a  

^a RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; European union; HPLC; Iran; Pistachio nuts; RASFF

Indexed keywords

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 84867630225     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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