Oral health status and development of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a descriptive study.

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Published in Am J Crit Care on September 01, 2006

Authors

Cindy L Munro1, Mary Jo Grap, R K Elswick, Jessica McKinney, Curtis N Sessler, Russell S Hummel

Author Affiliations

1: Adult Health Department, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0567, USA. cmunro@vcu.edu

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