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Air, Hair, Knees, Nose

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

James T. Lee*
Affiliation:
Surgical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
*
Surgical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, jtlmd@blackhole.com
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2005

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