Surveillance and investigation of contamination incidents and waterborne outbreaks

Assessing Microbial Safety of Drinking Water: Improving Approaches and Methods

Volumn 9789264099470, Issue , 2003, Pages 205-236

  Hunter, P R ^a   Andersson, Y ^a   Von Bonsdorff, C H ^a   Chalmers, R M ^a   Cifuentes, E ^a   Deere, D ^a   Endo, T ^a   Kadar, M ^a   Krogh, T ^a   Newport, L ^a   Prescott, A ^a   Robertson, W ^a  

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DOI: 10.1787/9789264099470-en     Document Type: Chapter

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