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. 1968 May;167(5):728–743. doi: 10.1097/00000658-196805000-00011

Postoperative wound infections: a further report on ultraviolet irradiation with comments on the recent (1964) national research council cooperative study report.

D Hart, R W Postlethwait, I W Brown Jr, W W Smith, P A Johnson
PMCID: PMC1387124  PMID: 5646294

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