Epidemiological approach to nosocomial infection surveillance data: The Japanese Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-35

  Suka, Machi ^a   Yoshida, Katsumi ^a   Takezawa, Jun ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Intensive care units; Japan; Nosocomial infections; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAPANESE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; REVIEW;

EID: 42049101815     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-007-0004-y     Document Type: Review

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