Microbiological contamination of manufactured products: Official and unofficial limits

Microbial Quality Assurance in Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, and Toiletries

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 235-251

  Baird, Rosamund M ^a,b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Summerlands House   (United Kingdom)

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