Health Care Worker Exposures to the Antibacterial Agent Triclosan
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Health care worker exposures to the antibacterial agent triclosan.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1076-2752
DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000000183