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Toxicological aspects of increased use of surface and hand disinfectants in Croatia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a preliminary report Cover

Toxicological aspects of increased use of surface and hand disinfectants in Croatia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a preliminary report

Open Access
|Oct 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2020-71-3470 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254
Language: English, Croatian, Slovenian
Page range: 261 - 264
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2020
Accepted on: Aug 1, 2020
Published on: Oct 6, 2020
Published by: Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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