Infection control and hospital epidemiology in the kingdom: the right discipline in the right place at the right time

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 579-581

  Mah, Manuel W ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^b  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hospital epidemiology; Infection control; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003123819     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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