Resistance to biofilm formation on otologic implant materials
✍ Scribed by JOHN F. BIEDLINGMAIER; RUWANTHI SAMARANAYAKE; PHILIP WHELAN
- Book ID
- 117403309
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 654 KB
- Volume
- 118
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0194-5998
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