The Effect of Surgical Site Infection on Older Operative Patients

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of The American Geriatrics Society

• Publication date

  2009-01-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02053.xPMID 19054183PMCID PMC2729123
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