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Original Research

Nosocomial infections: knowledge and source of information among clinical health care students in Ghana

Ajediran I Bello1 Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, GhanaCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Eunice N Asiedu1 Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
,
Babatunde OA Adegoke2 Department of Physiotherapy, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
,
Jonathan NA Quartey1 Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
,
Kwadwo O Appiah-Kubi1 Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
&
Bertha Owusu-Ansah1 Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Pages 571-574 | Published online: 11 Aug 2011

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