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A cost-benefit analysis of gown use in controlling vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus transmission: is it worth the price?
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1086/503476