Violations identified from routine swimming pool inspections - Selected states and counties, United States, 2008

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 59, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 582-587

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DISINFECTANT AGENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GASTROENTERITIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWIMMING POOL; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; DISINFECTANTS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATE GOVERNMENT; SWIMMING POOLS; UNITED STATES; WATER;

EID: 77952770772     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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