Antibacterial Household Products: Cause for Concern
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Antibacterial household products: cause for concern.
The recent entry of products containing antibacterial agents into healthy households has escalated from a few dozen products in the mid-1990s to more than 700 today. Antibacterial products were developed and have been successfully used to prevent transmission of disease-causing microorganisms among patients, particularly in hospitals. They are now being added to products used in healthy househo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid0707.017705