Surveillance: An Overview

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Chapter 10 - Surveillance: An Overview

from Section 2 - Infection Prevention Basics

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 April 2018

Trish M. Perl and

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Ebbing Lautenbach: Affiliation:
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
Jennifer H. Han: Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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Information: Practical Healthcare Epidemiology , pp. 92 - 118

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