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Problems and methods of estimation of microbial contamination of nonsterile drugs (Review)

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Translated from Khimiko-farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 477–486, April, 1983.

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Kivman, G.Y., Krylov, Y.F., Kagramanova, K.A. et al. Problems and methods of estimation of microbial contamination of nonsterile drugs (Review). Pharm Chem J 17, 294–302 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00766314

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