title: Relationship between age and the risk of surgical site infection: a contemporary reexamination of a classic risk factor.
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schaffner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control