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Nonrandom Selection and the Attributable Cost of Surgical-Site Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Frances Birrell
Affiliation:
Centre for Health Care Related, Infection Surveillance and Control, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland, Australia
Nicholas Graves
Affiliation:
School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technologyand Centre for Health Care Related, Infection Surveillance and Control, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

References

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