Infecção nosocomial numa unidade de cuidados intensivos pediátricos

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 10, Issue 6-7, 1997, Pages 463-468

  Correia, Manuela ^a   Simão, Carla ^a   Marques Lito, L ^a   Cabeçadas, Madalena ^a   Almeida, Helena ^a   Carvalho, Ana ^a   Rodrigues, Gustavo ^a   Silva Sequeira, J ^a  

^a Instituto de Higiena e Medicina Tropical   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031158135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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