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Physical factors affecting the rate of absorption of chloramphenicol esters

A J GLAZKO, W A DILL, A KAZENKO

    Antibiotics & Chemotherapy (Northfield, Ill.)
    |February 19, 2014
    PubMed
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    Keywords:
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