Waterborne nosocomial infections

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 490-496

  Squier, Cheryl ^a   Yu, Victor L ^a   Stout, Janet E ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

American National Standard Institute; Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patient; Infect Control Hosp; Mycobacterium Avium Complex; Water Distribution System

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001558221     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-000-0049-1     Document Type: Article

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