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Infection Surveillance and Control and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

James T. Lee*
Affiliation:
Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
*
VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, 250 East Sixth St, Suite 808, St Paul, MN 55101-1943
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Abstract

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Type
Editorial
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

References

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