Review of the media selection and incubation conditions for the compendial sterility and microbial limit tests

Pharmacopeial Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2034-2041

  Cundell, Anthony M ^a,b  

^a USP Expert Committee on Analytical Microbiology   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

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EID: 2942515198     PISSN: 03634655     EISSN: 15421945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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