Nature Medicine
1, 1223 - 1224 (1995)
doi:10.1038/nm1295-1223b
Sterilizing dental equipmentLawrence Freed MuscarellaDirector, Research and Development Editor, The Q-Net Monthly Custom Ultrasonics, Inc. 144 Railroad Drive Ivyland, Pennsylvania 18974, USA REFERENCES
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