Disinfection of water distribution systems for legionella: a review of application procedures and methodologies.

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• Publication year

  1990

• Venue

  Infection control and hospital epidemiology

• Publication date

  1990-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/646126PMID 2179401
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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