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Triple Combination Antiretroviral Prophylaxis for Needlestick Exposure to HIV

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Josiah D. Rich ,
Bharat Ramratnam  and
Timothy P. Flanigan
Josiah D. Rich
Affiliation:
The Miriam Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island
Bharat Ramratnam
Affiliation:
The Miriam Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island
Timothy P. Flanigan
Affiliation:
The Miriam Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , March 1997 , pp. 161
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1997

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