Mycotoxin Management: An International Challenge

Ensuring Global Food Safety

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 209-216

  López García, Rebeca ^a  

^a Logre International Food Science Consulting   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Ergot alkaloids; Fumonisins; Mycotoxins; Ochratoxin A; Regulatory limits; Risk assessment; Tricothecenes; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883908306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374845-4.00012-6     Document Type: Chapter

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