Nosocomial infections among burn patients in Teheran, Iran: A decade later

Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-7

  Alaghehbandan, R ^a,b   Azimi, L ^a,b   Rastegar Lari, A ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burns; Epidemiology; Iran; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865956039     PISSN: 11211539     EISSN: 15929566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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