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Morbidity, Mortality and Clinical Presentation of Nursing Home-acquired Pneumonia in a Swedish Population

Märtha Sund-levander Department of Medicine and Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Linköping, LinköpingCorrespondencee-mail. [email protected]
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Åke Örtqvist Department of Communicable Diseases and Prevention, Stockholm County, Norrbacka, Stockholm
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Ewa Grodzinsky Unit of Research and Development in Primary Health Care and Psychiatry, University Hospital, Linköping
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Örjan Klefsgård Department of Radiology, Högland Hospital, Eksjö
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Lis Karin Wahren Department of Welfare and Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Linköping, Norrköping
Pages 306-310 | Received 22 Jan 2002, Accepted 11 Apr 2003, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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