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Legionella Disinfection of Water Distribution Systems: Principles, Problems, and Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Victor L. Yu ,
Zeming Liu ,
Janet E. Stout  and
Angella Goetz
Victor L. Yu*
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Zeming Liu
Affiliation:
Departments of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Janet E. Stout
Affiliation:
Special Pathogens Laboratory, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Angella Goetz
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*
Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Infectious Disease Section, University Drive C, Pittsburgh, PA 15240
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 14 , Issue 10 , October 1993 , pp. 567 - 570
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1993 

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