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Reply to Bouvet et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Andreas Wittmann*
Affiliation:
Department of Safety Engineering, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
Nenad Kralj
Affiliation:
Department of Safety Engineering, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
Friedrich Hofmann
Affiliation:
Department of Safety Engineering, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
*
Abteilung Sicher-heitstechnik-ARBMED, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstraße 20, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany( andwitt@uni-wuppertal.de)

Abstract

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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References

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