Contribution of locally grown foods in cumulative exposure assessments
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1053-4245,1476-5519
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500401