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Is Triclosan Susceptible to Contamination?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William R. Findley  and
Stephen E. Spainhour
William R. Findley
Affiliation:
Technical Development and Services
Stephen E. Spainhour
Affiliation:
Ciba-Geigy Corporation Greensboro, North Carolina
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 6 , Issue 8 , August 1985 , pp. 298 - 299
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1985

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