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All issues Volume 7 / No 4 (October-December 2008) Environ. Biosafety Res., 7 4 (2008) 227-239 References
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Environ. Biosafety Res.
Volume 7, Number 4, October-December 2008
Page(s) 227 - 239
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2008019
Published online 29 October 2008
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