The use of the NNIS index to determine the intrinsic risk of surgical wound infection;Utilización del índice NNIS para determinar el riesgo intrínseco de infección quirúrgica

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 767-771

  Barrasa Villar, J Ignacio ^a   Cuevas, Inés Domingo ^a   Sevilla, Fernando Vizmanos ^a  

^a Hospital Ernest Lluch De Calatayud   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME;

ABDOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030574341     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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