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Cyanogenicity of cassava varieties and risk of exposure to cyanide from cassava food in Nigerian communities

✍ Scribed by O Steven A Oluwole


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
206 KB
Volume
88
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-5142

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