Comparison of different hand-drying methods: the potential for airborne microbe dispersal and contamination
- 17 December 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 89 (3), 215-217
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2014.11.007
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- University of Westminster
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