Factors Influencing Numbers of Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, and Other Mycobacteria in Drinking Water Distribution Systems

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology

• Publication date

  2001-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1128/AEM.67.3.1225-1231.2001PMID 11229914PMCID PMC92717
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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