Surgical site infection: Incidence and impact on hospital utilization and treatment costs
- 30 June 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in American Journal of Infection Control
- Vol. 37 (5), 387-397
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2008.12.010
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