Incidence and outcome of nosocomial infections in female burn patients in Shiraz, Iran

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-26

  Askarian, Mehrdad ^a,c   Hosseini, Reza S ^a   Kheirandish, Parastoo ^a   Assadian, Ojan ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD STREAM INFECTION; BURN; BURN INFECTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 1042302792     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2003.03.004     Document Type: Article

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