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Parents as a Vector for Nosocomial Infection in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Beth Wittrock ,
Mary Alice Lavin ,
Deirdre Pierry ,
Richard Thomson  and
Rebecca Wurtz
Beth Wittrock
Affiliation:
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois
Mary Alice Lavin
Affiliation:
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois
Deirdre Pierry
Affiliation:
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois
Richard Thomson
Affiliation:
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois
Rebecca Wurtz
Affiliation:
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 8 , August 2001 , pp. 472
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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