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Medical Ostriches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2022

Douglas R. LaBrecque
Douglas R. LaBrecque*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa Hospitals, and Clinics and the Iowa City City VA Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa
*
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , March 1990 , pp. 126 - 128
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1990

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