Potable water and Mycobacterium avium complex in HIV patients: is prevention possible?

The Lancet

Volumn 343, Issue 8906, 1994, Pages 1110-1111

  Singh, Nina ^a   Yu, VictorL ^a  

^a VA Healthcare VISN 4   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028324403     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(94)90228-3     Document Type: Article

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