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F C KULL, P C EISMAN, H D SYLWESTROWICZ

    Applied Microbiology
    |November 1, 1961
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    ANTISEPTICS, QUATERNARY AMMONIUM/pharmacologyFATTY ACIDS/pharmacologyFUNGI/pharmacology

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