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Large Infection Problems in Small Patients Merit a Renewed Emphasis on Prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Nalini Singh
Nalini Singh*
Affiliation:
Epidemiology and Global Health, The George Washington University, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
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Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 9 , September 2004 , pp. 714 - 718
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