Preventing nosocomial pneumonia: State of the art and perspectives for the 1990s
Authors:
- Kathleen A. StegerKSKathleen A. Steger
- Thomas W. BarberTBThomas W. Barber
Open Access
- 1 September 1991
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 91 (3) , S44-S53
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