SIR, you've led me astray!

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 276-282

  Birnbaum, David ^a   Zarate, Roxie ^a   Marfin, Anthony ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METRIC SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDIZED INFECTION RATIO; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BENCHMARKING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952373625     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658331     Document Type: Article

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