Experimental and clinical studies on the cleaning and disinfection of endoscopes

Gastroenterological Endoscopy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 548-549

  Sato, Sawako ^a   Morishita, Koji ^d   Sasa, Hiroyuki ^d   Kinoshita, Chimako ^b   Oida, Masahito ^c  

^a OLYMPUS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

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EID: 0346940130     PISSN: 03871207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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