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All issues Volume 8 / No 2 (April-June 2009) Environ. Biosafety Res., 8 2 (2009) 79-86 References
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Environ. Biosafety Res.
Volume 8, Number 2, April-June 2009
Page(s) 79 - 86
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr/2009005
Published online 02 July 2009
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