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All issues Volume 6 / No 3 (July-September 2007) Environ. Biosafety Res., 6 3 (2007) 167-181 References
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Environ. Biosafety Res.
Volume 6, Number 3, July-September 2007
Page(s) 167 - 181
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007006
Published online 16 November 2007
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