Role of computer-assisted programs in optimizing the use of antimicrobial agents

Antibiotic Optimization: Concepts and Strategies in Clinical Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 327-352

  Burke, John P ^a   Mehta, Rajesh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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