Antibiotic administration in community-acquired pneumonia.
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2004;126;320-321 Chest Bartlett Peter M. Houck, Dale W. Bratzler, Wato Nsa, Allen Ma and John G. Community-Acquired Pneumonia Antibiotic Administration in http://chestjournal.org and services can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information ). ISSN: 0012-3692. http://www.chestjournal.org/misc/reprints.shtml ( of the copyright holder may be reproduced or distributed without the prior written permission Northbrook IL 60062. All rights reserved. No part of this article or PDF by the American College of Chest Physicians, 3300 Dundee Road, 2007 Physicians. It has been published monthly since 1935. Copyright CHEST is the official journal of the American College of Chest
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chest
دوره 126 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004