Results on the monitoring of furan levels in food

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Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

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EID: 85063695776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.304r     Document Type: Article

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