Risk of microbial contamination in operating room;Il rischio da contaminazione microbica in sala operatoria

Igiene Moderna

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1253-1262

  Orlando, P ^a   Cristina, M L ^b   Sartini, M ^b   Orlando, M ^b   Cordara, R ^b   Perdelli, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Air quality; Operating room; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040524194     PISSN: 00191655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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