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Iodine—Champagne in a Tin Cup

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Martin S. Favero
Martin S. Favero*
Affiliation:
Hepatitis Laboratories Division, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, Phoenix, Arizona S50H
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , February 1982 , pp. 30 - 32
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1982

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