FLOWER VASES IN HOSPITALS AS RESERVOIRS OF PATHOGENS
β Scribed by Taplin, David; Mertz, PatriciaM.
- Book ID
- 123333173
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 394 KB
- Volume
- 302
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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