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Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 6 , Issue 11 , November 1985 , pp. 435 - 436
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1985

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