Rationale for and protocol of a multi-national population-based bacteremia surveillance collaborative

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Laupland, Kevin B ^a   Schønheyder, Henrik C ^b   Kennedy, Karina J ^c   Lyytikäinen, Outi ^d   Valiquette, Louis ^e   Galbraith, John ^f   Collignon, Peter ^c   Church, Deirdre L ^a   Gregson, Daniel B ^a   Kibsey, Pamela ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^f ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 77049089311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-146     Document Type: Article

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