Antibacterial Prophylaxis for Surgical Site Infection in the Elderly: Practical Application

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  2017

• Venue

  Drugs & Aging

• Publication date

  2017-06-06

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1007/s40266-017-0471-9PMID 28589466
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