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The Portable Chemical Sterilizer (PCS), D-FENS, and D-FEND ALL: Novel Chlorine Dioxide Decontamination Technologies for the Military
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[About the temperature dependence of the bactericidal effect of some chemical disinfectants (author's transl)]

T Schliesser, J M Wiest

    Zentralblatt Fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten Und Hygiene. Erste Abteilung Originale. Reihe B: Hygiene, Betriebshygiene, Praventive Medizin
    |January 1, 1979
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