Severe sepsis epidemiology: sampling, selection, and society.

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Published in Crit Care on July 09, 2004

Authors

Walter T Linde-Zwirble1, Derek C Angus

Author Affiliations

1: The CRISMA Laboratory (Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. wlindezwirble@hpmdata.com <wlindezwirble@hpmdata.com>

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