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Infection Risk in the Bearded Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2017

Dale R. Hamilton  and
Bryan Kobylik
Dale R. Hamilton
Affiliation:
Laboratory Service andInfection Control Section, Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Bryan Kobylik
Affiliation:
Laboratory Service andInfection Control Section, Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , February 1988 , pp. 55
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1988

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