Screening test for quality control of surface barrier discharged plasma sources with the microorganism-agar test (MAT).

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Published in GMS Krankenhhyg Interdiszip on September 21, 2010

Authors

Rutger Matthes1, Nils-Olaf Hübner, Claudia Bender, Ina Koban, Klaus-Dieter Weltmann, Axel Kramer

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University of Greifswald, Germany.

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