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Infections Linked to Anesthetic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Alfons Bach*
Affiliation:
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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