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New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 25, 2015, Pages 2464-2465

  Ortega, Rafael ^a   Obanor, Osamede ^a   Yu, Priscilla ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; BLEACHING AGENT; CHLORINE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; METHANOL;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; EBOLAVIRUS; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LETTER; PERMEABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84931472018     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1504851     Document Type: Letter

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