Risk stratification for surgical site infections in Australia: evaluation of the US National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance risk index
- 1 June 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 66 (2) , 148-155
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2007.02.019
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