Nanotechnology and Food Safety

Ensuring Global Food Safety

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 263-280

  Rizvi, Syed S H ^a   Moraru, Carmen I ^a   Bouwmeester, Hans ^b   Kampers, Frans W H ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

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EID: 84884103540     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374845-4.00015-1     Document Type: Chapter

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