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An Introduction to Practical Hospital Epidemiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2018

By
Ebbing Lautenbach ,
Preeti N. Malani ,
Jennifer H. Han ,
Jonas Marschall ,
Emily K. Shuman  and
Keith Woeltje
Edited by
Ebbing Lautenbach ,
Preeti N. Malani ,
Keith F. Woeltje ,
Jennifer H. Han ,
Emily K. Shuman  and
Jonas Marschall
Ebbing Lautenbach
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Preeti N. Malani
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Keith F. Woeltje
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
Jennifer H. Han
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Emily K. Shuman
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jonas Marschall
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
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Practical Healthcare Epidemiology , pp. xiii - xiv
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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