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IN an earlier communication1, an account was given of the bactericidal action of lactic acid vapour. Further work has shown that the methods of vaporization used until that time were inefficient, and that effective bactericidal action is obtained when the concentration of acid vapour in the air is 3·5 mgm./cu. metre.
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Lovelock, J. E., Lidwell, O. M., and Raymond, W. F., NATURE, 153, 20 (1944).
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LOVELOCK, J., LIDWELL, O. & RAYMOND, W. Vaporization of Lactic Acid as an Aerial Bactericide. Nature 153, 743 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153743a0
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