The legionnaires' outbreak in Barrow-in-Furness, summer 2002

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 464-466

  Telford, David ^a   Partridge, Sue ^a   Cumming, Ian ^a   Smith, Andrew ^a,c   Calvert, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF MORECAMBE BAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MASS MEDIUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE;

EID: 33744466323     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.037127     Document Type: Editorial

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