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Inorganic arsenic and trace elements in Ghanaian grain staples. / Adomako, Eureka E.; Williams, Paul N.; Deacon, Claire et al.
In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 159, No. 10, 2011, p. 2435 - 2442.

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Adomako, EE, Williams, PN, Deacon, C & Meharg, AA 2011, 'Inorganic arsenic and trace elements in Ghanaian grain staples', Environmental Pollution, vol. 159, no. 10, pp. 2435 - 2442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.031

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Adomako, E. E., Williams, P. N., Deacon, C., & Meharg, A. A. (2011). Inorganic arsenic and trace elements in Ghanaian grain staples. Environmental Pollution, 159(10), 2435 - 2442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.031

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Adomako EE, Williams PN, Deacon C, Meharg AA. Inorganic arsenic and trace elements in Ghanaian grain staples. Environmental Pollution. 2011;159(10):2435 - 2442. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.031

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Adomako, Eureka E. ; Williams, Paul N. ; Deacon, Claire et al. / Inorganic arsenic and trace elements in Ghanaian grain staples. In: Environmental Pollution. 2011 ; Vol. 159, No. 10. pp. 2435 - 2442.

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