First survey on the presence of ochratoxin A and fungi in raw cereals and peanut available in the Republic of Niger

Food Control

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 558-562

  Toffa, D D ^a,b   Mahnine, N ^a   Ouaffak, L ^a   El Abidi, A ^a   El Alaoui Faris, F Z ^b   Zinedine, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cereals; Contamination; Fungi; Ochratoxin A; Peanut; Republic of Niger

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874434806     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.01.028     Document Type: Article

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