World wide web resources on control of nosocomial infections

Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Siempos, Ilias I ^a   Fragoulis, Konstantinos N ^a   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK REDUCTION; SCISEARCH; CROSS INFECTION; INFORMATION SERVICE;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET;

EID: 33947538707     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc5116     Document Type: Article

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