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All issues Volume 8 / No 1 (January-March 2009) Environ. Biosafety Res., 8 1 (2009) 45-55 References
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Environ. Biosafety Res.
Volume 8, Number 1, January-March 2009
Page(s) 45 - 55
Section Regular Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr/2008024
Published online 22 January 2009
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