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Time Factor, Infection Frequency and Quantitative Microbiology in Hand Injuries

SÖRen Nylén Department of Hand Surgery, subdivision of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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Barbro Carlsson Department of Hand Surgery, subdivision of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 185-189 | Received 19 Apr 1979, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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