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The Design of Isolation Rooms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert L. Marier*
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, 1522 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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