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All issues Volume 4 / No 1 (January-March 2005) Environ. Biosafety Res., 4 1 (2005) 29-43 References
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Environ. Biosafety Res.
Volume 4, Number 1, January-March 2005
Page(s) 29 - 43
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2005009
Published online 15 August 2005
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