Infection control, hospital epidemiology, and patient safety.

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

• Publication date

  2005-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.IDC.2005.05.002PMID 16102654
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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