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Prophylactic Antibiotics for Pediatric Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Milap G. Nahata
Affiliation:
Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, The Ohio State University, Children's Hospital Department of Pediatrics, Columbus, Ohio
Ashok K. Chawla
Affiliation:
Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, The Ohio State University, Children's Hospital Department of Pediatrics, Columbus, Ohio
Valerie Bookwalter
Affiliation:
Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, The Ohio State University, Children's Hospital Department of Pediatrics, Columbus, Ohio
Joseph Talarico
Affiliation:
Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, The Ohio State University, Children's Hospital Department of Pediatrics, Columbus, Ohio
Dwight A. Powell
Affiliation:
Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, The Ohio State University, Children's Hospital Department of Pediatrics, Columbus, Ohio
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1982

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