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Pediatric urinary tract infections: an analysis of hospitalizations, charges, and costs in the USA

✍ Scribed by John David Spencer; Andrew Schwaderer; Kirk McHugh; David S. Hains

Publisher
Springer
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
218 KB
Volume
25
Category
Article
ISSN
0931-041X

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