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Registration of Disinfectants Based on Relative Microbicidal Activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William A. Rutala  and
David J. Weber
William A. Rutala*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, University of North Carolina(UNC School of Medicine, and the Department of Hospital Epidemiology, UNC Health Care System, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease, University of North Carolina(UNC School of Medicine, and the Department of Hospital Epidemiology, UNC Health Care System, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
CB #7030 Bioinformatics Building, 130 Mason Farm Road, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , April 2004 , pp. 333 - 341
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