A placebo-controlled trial of the effect of two preoperative baths or showers with chlorhexidine detergent on postoperative wound infection rates
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 10 (2) , 165-172
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0195-6701(87)90143-5
Abstract
No abstract availableThis publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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