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A Statewide Surveillance System for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: The New Jersey Department of Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sindy M. Paul
Affiliation:
New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton, New Jersey
Elin A. Gursky
Affiliation:
New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton, New Jersey
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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