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The Stethoscope and Potential Nosocomial Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mark A. Marinella
Mark A. Marinella*
Affiliation:
Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
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Letters to the Editor
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 19 , Issue 7 , July 1998 , pp. 477 - 478
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998 

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