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All issues Volume 7 / No 1 (January-March 2008) Environ. Biosafety Res., 7 1 (2008) 35-56 References
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Environ. Biosafety Res.
Volume 7, Number 1, January-March 2008
Page(s) 35 - 56
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2008003
Published online 03 April 2008
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