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Chapter 10 - Surveillance: An Overview

from Section 2 - Infection Prevention Basics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2018

By
Trish M. Perl  and
Kathleen A. Gase
Edited by
Ebbing Lautenbach ,
Preeti N. Malani ,
Keith F. Woeltje ,
Jennifer H. Han ,
Emily K. Shuman  and
Jonas Marschall
Ebbing Lautenbach
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Preeti N. Malani
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Keith F. Woeltje
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
Jennifer H. Han
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Emily K. Shuman
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jonas Marschall
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
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Practical Healthcare Epidemiology , pp. 92 - 118
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