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Influenza infection control guidance provided to staff at Veterans Affairs facilities for veterans with spinal cord injury during a pandemic

Sara M. Locatelli;Center for Management of Complex Chronic CareEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, IL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Sherri L. LaVela;Spinal Cord Injury Quality Enhancement Research InitiativeEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, IL, USA
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Timothy P. Hogan;Center for Healthcare StudiesFeinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, IL, USA
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Barry Goldstein;Center for Health QualityOutcomes, and Economic Research and eHealth Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, National eHealth QUERI Coordinating Center, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetts, MA, USA
Pages 666-671 | Published online: 19 Nov 2013

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