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Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infection in a High-Risk Nursery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rahaman O. Suara ,
Michal Young  and
Inez Reeves
Rahaman O. Suara
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Michal Young
Affiliation:
Howard University College of Medicine, District of Columbia General Hospital, Washington, DC
Inez Reeves
Affiliation:
Howard University College of Medicine, District of Columbia General Hospital, Washington, DC
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , April 2000 , pp. 250 - 251
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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