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Peripheral Venous Catheter–Related Adverse Events in a Tropical Country

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2017

Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand
Nalini Singh
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Epidemiology, and Global Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington DC
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
*
Address correspondence to Anucha Apisarnthanarak, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand, 12120 (anapisarn@yahoo.com).

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