Report on Japan-Vietnam collaboration in nosocomial infection control at Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi from 2000 to 2006

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-259

  Ohara, Hiroshi ^a   Hung, Nguyen Viet ^b   Thu, Truong Anh ^b   Quy, Tran ^b  

^a Policy advisor to Ministry of Health   (Viet Nam)

^b BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Hospitals in developing countries; Nosocomial infection control; SARS; Technical cooperation

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749113060     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.35.253     Document Type: Article

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