Practice guideline for evaluation of Fever and infection in long-term care facilities.

J Am Med Dir Assoc

Division of Geriatric Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Missouri, USA.

Published: November 2003

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