Community-acquired infections in the geriatric trauma population

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Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 338-342

  Bochicchio, Grant V ^a   Joshi, Manjari ^a   Scalea, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Injury; Outcome; Relative risk; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034278258     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024382-200014030-00017     Document Type: Article

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