Antimicrobial preservative efficacy testing

Handbook of Microbiological Quality Control in Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 168-189

  Hodges, Norman ^a   Hanlon, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

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