Electronic Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections
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Automated methods for surveillance of surgical site infections.
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عنوان ژورنال: Surgical Infections
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1096-2964,1557-8674
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2016.262