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The Problem of Environmental Legionella

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Washington C. Winn Jr.*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, and, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1985

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