Impact of intensive care unit-acquired infection on hospital mortality in Japan: A multicenter cohort study.

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Published in Environ Health Prev Med on March 01, 2004

Authors

Machi Suka1, Katsumi Yoshida, Jun Takezawa

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Preventive Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae-ku, 216-8511, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, suka@marianna-u.ac.jp.

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