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Nature Medicine  1, 1223 - 1224 (1995)
doi:10.1038/nm1295-1223b

Sterilizing dental equipment

Lawrence Freed Muscarella

Director, Research and Development Editor, The Q-Net Monthly Custom Ultrasonics, Inc. 144 Railroad Drive Ivyland, Pennsylvania 18974, USA


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