Aflatoxins in corn and rice sold in Lahore, Pakistan

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-98

  Firdous, Shamma ^a   Ashfaq, Ayisha ^b   Khan, Shaista Jabeen ^a   Khan, Nikhat ^b  

^a PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (Pakistan)

^b Kinnaird College for Women   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

aflatoxin; basmati rice; broken rice; corn; Pakistan; parboiled rice

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXINS;

BASMATI RICE; BROKEN RICE; CORN; PAKISTAN; PARBOILED RICE;

CONTAMINATION;

ZEA MAYS;

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1;

ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; PAKISTAN; PLANT SEED; RICE;

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXINS; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ORYZA SATIVA; PAKISTAN; SEEDS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84902867911     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2013.851123     Document Type: Article

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