Extent and drivers of mycotoxin contamination: Inferences from a survey of Kenyan maize mills

Phytopathology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1221-1231

  Mutiga, S K ^a   Were, V ^b   Hoffmann, V ^c   Harvey, J W ^b   Milgroom, M G ^a   Nelson, R J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b International Livestock Research Institute   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Maize contamination; Public health; Survey

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; FUMONISIN; MYCOTOXIN;

ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; KENYA; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT SEED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AFLATOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUMONISINS; GEOGRAPHY; KENYA; MYCOTOXINS; PLANT DISEASES; SEEDS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84908691467     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: 19437684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-01-14-0006-R     Document Type: Article

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