Septicemia in a Community Hospital 1970 Through 1973

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 237, Issue 18, 1977, Pages 1938-1941

  Scheckler, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA;

BLOOD; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; SEPTICEMIA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0017379829     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1977.03270450028014     Document Type: Article

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