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Colonization With Multiresistant Bacteria and Quality of Life in Residents of Long-Term–Care Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mark Loeb ,
Lorraine Moss ,
Angela Stiller ,
Stephanie Smith ,
Rosalie Russo ,
David W. Molloy  and
Walter Wodchis
Mark Loeb
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Lorraine Moss
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Angela Stiller
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Stephanie Smith
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Rosalie Russo
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
David W. Molloy
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Walter Wodchis
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , February 2001 , pp. 67 - 68
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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