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Compliance With Universal Precautions Among Medical Students in a Tertiary Care Center in Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Anucha Apisarnthanarak ,
Hilary M. Babcock  and
Victoria J. Fraser
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasart University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Hilary M. Babcock
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
Victoria J. Fraser
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasart University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand12000 ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 12 , December 2006 , pp. 1409 - 1410
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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