Controlling Hospital-Acquired Infection: Focus on the Role of the Environment and New Technologies for Decontamination
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Controlling Hospital-Acquired Infection: Focus on the Role of the Environment and New Technologies for Decontamination
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CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 665-690
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American Society for Microbiology
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2014-10-02
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10.1128/cmr.00020-14
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