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Surveillance of Nosocomial Surgical Wound Infections: A Few Suggestions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Frederick J. Roberts
Frederick J. Roberts*
Affiliation:
British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 8 , August 2003 , pp. 556 - 558
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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