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Risk assessment studies of the impact of occupational exposure of pharmaceutical workers on the development of antimicrobial drug resistance

Nitin VermaChitkara University School of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 437-446 | Published online: 10 Aug 2020

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