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All issues Volume 8 / No 3 (July-September 2009) Environ. Biosafety Res., 8 3 (2009) 123-131 References
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Environ. Biosafety Res.
Volume 8, Number 3, July-September 2009
Page(s) 123 - 131
Section Regular article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr/2009013
Published online 07 October 2009
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