Nosocomial transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome: better quality of evidence is needed.

نویسندگان

  • Stéphane Hugonnet
  • Dominique Legros
  • Cathy Roth
  • Carmem Lucia Pessoa-Silva
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

دوره 45 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007