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Luisa A Ikner1, Jason R Torrey1, Patricia M Gundy1

  • 1Department of Environmental Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.

American Journal of Infection Control
|September 9, 2021
PubMed

Keywords:
Antiviral coatingFomiteInactivationQuaternary ammonium polymerVirus

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