Starting to learn about the costs of nosocomial infections in the new millennium: where do we go from here?

Comparative Study

Victoria J Fraser. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Apr.

. 2002 Apr;23(4):174-6.

doi: 10.1086/502031.

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