Canada Adopts Nationwide Needlestick Surveillance System-EPINet
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1017/s0899823x00092448