Antimicrobial activity of polyurethanes coated with antibiotics: a new approach to the realization of medical devices exempt from microbial colonization
- 1 August 2004
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in International Journal of Pharmaceutics
- Vol. 280 (1-2) , 173-183
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2004.05.017
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