Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: Perspectives for the Healthcare Epidemiologist

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 783-795

  Craven, Donald E ^a,b   Steger, Kathleen A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031265736     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141328     Document Type: Article

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