Wound infections in repatriated survivors of the tsunami disaster

Wounds

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 92-100

  Marres, Geertruid M H ^a,b   De Lange, Dylan W ^b   Leenen, Luke P M ^a   Hoepelman, Andy I M ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33744501268     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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