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Latex gloves not enough to exclude viruses
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  • Scientific Correspondence
  • Published: 01 September 1988

Latex gloves not enough to exclude viruses

  • SUSAN G. ARNOLD1,
  • JAMES E. WHITMAN JR1,
  • CECIL H. FOX2,3 &
  • …
  • MICHELE H. COTTLER-FOX2,3 

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  1. Advanced Biotechnologies, 2150 Tech Road, Silver Spring, Madison, 20904, USA

    SUSAN G. ARNOLD & JAMES E. WHITMAN JR

  2. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Mary land, 20892

    CECIL H. FOX & MICHELE H. COTTLER-FOX

  3. Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC20057, USA

    CECIL H. FOX & MICHELE H. COTTLER-FOX

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ARNOLD, S., WHITMAN, J., FOX, C. et al. Latex gloves not enough to exclude viruses. Nature 335, 19 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/335019c0

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