Preventing transmission of pandemic influenza and other viral respiratory diseases: Personal protective equipment for healthcare personnel: Update 2010

Preventing Transmission of Pandemic Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Diseases: Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Personnel: Update 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-187

  Larson, Elaine L ^a   Liverman, Catharyn T ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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DOI: 10.17226/13027     Document Type: Book

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