Using flexible methods to determine risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in the Netherlands

Tjallie I. I. van der Kooi; Hendriek Boshuizen; Jan C. Wille; Sabine C. de Greeff; Jaap T. van Dissel; Annelot F. Schoffelen; Rolina D. van Gaalen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218372

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Using flexible methods to determine risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in the Netherlands

Tjallie I. I. van der Kooi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: tjallie.van.der.kooi@rivm.nl

Affiliation Department of Healthcare-associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5346-7224

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Hendriek Boshuizen,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Informatics and Mathematical Modeling, Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Jan C. Wille,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Healthcare-associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Sabine C. de Greeff,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Healthcare-associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Jaap T. van Dissel,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Annelot F. Schoffelen,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Healthcare-associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Rolina D. van Gaalen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Modelling, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Using flexible methods to determine risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in the Netherlands

Tjallie I. I. van der Kooi,
Hendriek Boshuizen,
Jan C. Wille,
Sabine C. de Greeff,
Jaap T. van Dissel,
Annelot F. Schoffelen,
Rolina D. van Gaalen

Published: June 20, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218372

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