Nosocomial infection in an intensive care unit in a Brazilian university hospital;Infecção hospitalar em unidade de tratamento intensivo de um hospital universitário brasileiro

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-239

  de Oliveira, Adriana Cristina ^a   Kovner, Christine Tassone ^b   da Silva, Rafael Souza ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross infection; Epidemiologic surveillance; Intensive care units

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954166505     PISSN: 01041169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-11692010000200014     Document Type: Article

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