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Room Humidifiers and Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Charles P. Craig*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
*
Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, 12901 N 30th Street, Box 19, Tampa, FL 33612

Abstract

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Type
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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1985

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