Guideline implementation: It is not impossible

Antibiotic Policies: Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 15-22

  Gross, Peter A ^a  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 70349462388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-22852-7_2     Document Type: Chapter

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