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Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections Following Neurosurgical Spinal Fusion Operations: A Case-Control Study - Methodological Issue Publisher Pubmed



Ayubi E1 ; Safiri S2, 3
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  1. 1. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Published:2017


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