Ochratoxin A

Mycotoxins in Food: Detection and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 307-338

  Aish, J L ^a   Rippon, E H ^a   Barlow, T ^a   Hattersley, S J ^a  

^a FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

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