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All issues Volume 4 / No 4 (October-December 2005) Environ. Biosafety Res., 4 4 (2005) 223-233 References
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Environ. Biosafety Res.
Volume 4, Number 4, October-December 2005
Page(s) 223 - 233
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2006008
Published online 22 June 2006
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