Nosocomial infection rates in adult and pediatric intensive care units in the United States

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 3 SUPPL. 2, 1991, Pages

  Jarvis, William R ^a   Edwards, Jonathan R ^a   Culver, David H ^a   Hughes, James M ^a   Horan, Teresa ^a   Emori, T Grace ^a   Banerjee, Shailen ^a   Tolson, James ^a   Henderson, Tonya ^a   Gaynes, Robert P ^a   Martone, William J ^a   National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System, ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CATHETER INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14044249555     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(91)90367-7     Document Type: Article

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