Incidence of hospital-acquired infection and length of hospital stay

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 81-86

  Tess, B H ^a   Glenister, H M ^b,c   Rodrigues, L C ^a   Wagner, M B ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c East Anglian Regional Health Authority ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0027411814     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01967579     Document Type: Article

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