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A Risk Index for Sternal Wound Infection After Cardiovascular Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

James T. Lee*
Affiliation:
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

References

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