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All issues Volume 4 / No 3 (July-September 2005) Environ. Biosafety Res., 4 3 (2005) 167-177 References
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Environ. Biosafety Res.
Volume 4, Number 3, July-September 2005
Page(s) 167 - 177
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2006001
Published online 16 March 2006
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