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Reply to Chen et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Fernando M. Biscione
Fernando M. Biscione*
Affiliation:
Health Sciences Postgraduate Course, Medicine High School, Minas Gerais Federal University, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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190 Alfredo Balena av., Suite 7003, Santa Efigenia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil31.130-100 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 94 - 95
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