Health risks from exposure to Legionella in reclaimed water aerosols: Toilet flushing, spray irrigation, and cooling towers.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Water Research

• Publication date

  2017-12-13

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.watres.2017.12.022PMID 29428779
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