Timeliness of Infectious Diseases Referral and Inappropriate Antibiotic Usage Post-Referral in an Asian Tertiary Hospital
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2414-6366
DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed4040137