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Implementation of a Practical Antibiotic Policy in the Czech Republic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dominique L. Monnet ,
Thomas L. Sørensen  and
Ole B. Jepsen
Dominique L. Monnet
Affiliation:
Statens Serum Institut
Thomas L. Sørensen
Affiliation:
Statens Serum Institut
Ole B. Jepsen
Affiliation:
National Center for Hospital, Hygiene Copenhagen, Denmark
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 7 - 8
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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