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Damien Offner1, Lucien Brisset2, Anne-Marie Musset1

  • 1INSERM (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research), UMR 1260, Regenerative Nanomedicine (RNM), FMTS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.

The Journal of Hospital Infection
|December 1, 2018
PubMed
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Keywords:
Cross-infectionDentistryDisinfectionSafetySterilizationWasher-disinfector

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