Investigation and Risk Characterization on the Contamination Level of Herbal Medicines Without Legal Benzo(a)pyrene Specification
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Park, Young-Ae
(Gangbuk Agro-Fishery Products & Herbal Medicine Inspection Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Ko, Suk-Kyung (Gangbuk Agro-Fishery Products & Herbal Medicine Inspection Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Cho, Seok-Ju (Gangbuk Agro-Fishery Products & Herbal Medicine Inspection Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Hwang, In-Sook (Gangbuk Agro-Fishery Products & Herbal Medicine Inspection Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Shin, Gi-Young (Gangbuk Agro-Fishery Products & Herbal Medicine Inspection Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Moon, Kwang-Deog (School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University) |
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