Collecting, converting, and making sense of hospital antimicrobial consumption data

Antibiotic Policies: Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 67-74

  Natsch, Stephanie ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33644848168     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-22852-7_5     Document Type: Chapter

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