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Colonization With Multiresistant Bacteria and Quality of Life in Residents of Long-Term–Care Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mark Loeb
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Lorraine Moss
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Angela Stiller
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Stephanie Smith
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Rosalie Russo
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
David W. Molloy
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Walter Wodchis
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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