Bacterial contamination of home nebuliser.

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Published in Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) on October 03, 1987

Authors

K L Barnes1, R Clifford, S T Holgate, D Murphy, P Comber, E Bell

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1: Medicine 1, Southampton General Hospital.

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