Nosocomial infections at clinical centre in Kragujevac-Prevalence study

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo

Volumn 138, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 337-342

  Ilić, Milena ^a   Marković Denić, Ljiljana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Nosocomial infection; Prevalence study; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SERBIA;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SERBIA;

EID: 77955997911     PISSN: 03708179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/SARH1006337I     Document Type: Article

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