Effect of silver-coated urinary catheters: Efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and antimicrobial resistance
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in American Journal of Infection Control
- Vol. 32 (8) , 445-450
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2004.05.002
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