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Surgical site infections in Slovenian acute care hospitals: Surveillance results, 2013–2016

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|Oct 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2018-0026 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English
Page range: 211 - 217
Submitted on: Mar 20, 2018
Accepted on: Sep 3, 2018
Published on: Oct 1, 2018
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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