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The Bacterial Diversity of Pharmaceutical Clean Rooms Analyzed by the Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Technique

Fábio Luiz C. Pacheco and Terezinha De Jesus A. Pinto
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology March 2010, 64 (2) 156-166;
Fábio Luiz C. Pacheco
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