Nosocomial infections in elderly patients in the United States, 1986-1990

The American Journal of Medicine

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

  Emori, T Grace ^a   Banerjee, Shailen N ^a   Culver, David H ^a   Gaynes, Robert P ^a   Horan, Teresa C ^a   Edwards, Jonathan R ^a   Jarvis, William R ^a   Tolson, James S ^a   Henderson, Tonya S ^a   Martone, William J ^a   Hughes, James M ^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; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SEPTICEMIA; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 14044262981     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(91)90384-A     Document Type: Article

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