A Review of Cleanroom Microflora: Types, Trends, and Patterns

Tim Sandle

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A Review of Cleanroom Microflora: Types, Trends, and Patterns

Tim Sandle

PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology July 2011, 65 (4) 392-403; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2011.00765

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vol. 65 no. 4 392-403

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Tim Sandle1

Pharmaceutical Microbiology Interest Group, U.K.

↵1 Corresponding author: Tim Sandle (Pharmig), c/o BPL, Dagger Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire, U.K. Website: http://www.pharmig.blogspot.com; Email: tim.sandle{at}bpl.co.uk

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