CDC investigations of noninfectious outbreaks of adverse events in hemodialysis facilities, 1979-1999

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 86-91

  Arduino, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SODIUM AZIDE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIC; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECYCLING; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TOXIC HEPATITIS; UNITED STATES;

ALUMINUM; ANAPHYLAXIS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHLORAMINES; DEMENTIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FLUORIDE POISONING; FORMALDEHYDE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SODIUM AZIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034153196     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-139x.2000.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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