Urinary tract infections in the elderly: a survey of physicians and nurses.

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Geriatric Nursing

• Publication date

  2005-07-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/J.GERINURSE.2005.06.011PMID 16109298
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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