Feasibility of a Community Health Worker-Based Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Program
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Surgeons
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1072-7515
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.07.238