The impact of alcohol-related diagnoses on pneumonia outcomes.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on July 14, 1997

Authors

R Saitz1, W A Ghali, M A Moskowitz

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1: Research Unit, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Mass, USA.

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