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Surveillance of Hospital Infections in the United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Helen Glenister ,
Lynda Taylor ,
Craig Mackintosh ,
E. Mary Cooke ,
Christopher Barlett  and
Anne Mulhall
Helen Glenister
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, London, England
Lynda Taylor
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, London, England
Craig Mackintosh
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, London, England
E. Mary Cooke
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, London, England
Christopher Barlett
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, London, England
Anne Mulhall
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, London, England
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 11 , Issue 12 , December 1990 , pp. 622 - 624
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1990

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