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Categories for Infection Control A New Approach from the Centers for Disease Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John E. McGowan Jr., M.D.*
Affiliation:
Epidemiology Dept (Box I), Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA 30303
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Abstract

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Type
Editorial
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1981

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