Activity of silver ions in different media

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 287, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 411-420

  Schierholz, Jörg Michael ^a,d   Wachol Drewek, Zofia ^a   Lucas, Lorraine J ^b   Pulverer, Gerhard ^c  

^a B Braun Melsungen AG   (Germany)

^b B Braun Medical Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d Institute of Medical Microbiology   (Germany)

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EID: 0032077456     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80178-3     Document Type: Article

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