Hospital acquired rotavirus infections: Burden in canadian paediatric hospitals

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 159-162

  Le Saux, Nicole ^a,e   Bettinger, Julie ^b   Halperin, Scott ^c   Vaudry, Wendy ^d   Scheifele, David ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Healthcare associated infections; paediatric; rotavirus; vaccine preventable

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959931066     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757177411402409     Document Type: Article

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