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Eliminating Worker Exposure to Ethylene Oxide from Hospital Sterilizers: An Evaluation of Cost and Effectiveness of an Isolation System

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Pages 687-692 | Received 21 Sep 1992, Accepted 20 Jan 1993, Published online: 24 Feb 2011

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