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Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis Outbreak in a Closed Psychiatric Ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Vendula Nováková*
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Mireia Cantero-Caballero
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Ana Clara Zoni
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Rosa Plá-Mestre
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
María del Carmen Olmedo-Lucerón
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Paz Rodríguez-Pérez
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
*
Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Management, Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Calle Dr Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain ([email protected]).
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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