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GM Crops & Food
Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain
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COMMENTARY

Recommendations from the workshop on Comparative Approaches to Safety Assessment of GM Plant Materials: A road toward harmonized criteria?

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Pages 69-79 | Received 27 Oct 2014, Accepted 21 Jan 2015, Published online: 09 Jul 2015

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