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The Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infections in European Long-Term Care Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

M. L. Moro ,
B. Jans ,
B. Cookson  and
J. Fabry
M. L. Moro*
Affiliation:
Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regione Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy
B. Jans
Affiliation:
Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
B. Cookson
Affiliation:
Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom
J. Fabry
Affiliation:
Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
*
Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regione Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy, (mlmoro@regione.emiliaromagna.it)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue S1: Papers from the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections , November 2010 , pp. S59 - S62
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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