Monitoring ultraviolet lamps in biological safety cabinets with cultures of standard bacterial strains on TSA blood agar

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-168

  Harrington, Brian J ^a   Valigosky, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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EID: 58149469077     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/WA952BXGDR2UQXNA     Document Type: Article

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