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Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B
Surveillance
Volume 9, 2016 - Issue 1
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Mycotoxin contamination of home-grown maize in rural northern South Africa (Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces)

P. MngqawaMycotoxicology and Chemoprevention Research Group, Institute of Biomedical and Microbial Biotechnology, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Cape Town, South AfricaView further author information
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G.S. ShephardMycotoxicology and Chemoprevention Research Group, Institute of Biomedical and Microbial Biotechnology, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Cape Town, South AfricaView further author information
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I.R. GreenDepartment of Chemistry and Polymer Science, De Beers Chemistry Building, University of Stellenbosch (US), Stellenbosch, South AfricaView further author information
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S.H. NgobeniAgricultural Sciences Discipline, University of Mpumalanga (UMP), Nelspruit, South Africa;Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs (DARDLEA), Ermelo, South AfricaView further author information
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T.C. de RijkRIKILT, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The NetherlandsView further author information
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D.R. KaterereDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), Pretoria, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 38-45 | Received 16 Sep 2015, Accepted 15 Nov 2015, Published online: 22 Dec 2015

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