Chest
Volume 116, Issue 5, November 1999, Pages 1155-1156
EditorialsPrevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Does One Size Fit All?
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Dr. Wunderink is Associate Director of Clinical Research, Methodist Healthcare Foundation, and Clinical Associate Professor, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
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