Prevention measures against Legionella infection in a circulating hot water bath

Journal of UOEH

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-77

  Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bath; Disinfection; Hot spring; Legionella pneumophila; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ARTICLE; BATH; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PUBLICATION; SANITATION;

EID: 0037348119     PISSN: 0387821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7888/juoeh.25.61     Document Type: Article

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