Erratum: Epidemiological investigation of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Christchurch, New Zealand: The value of spatial methods for practical public health (Epidemiology and Infection (2013) 141 (789-799) DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000994);Epidemiological investigation of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Christchurch, New Zealand: the value of spatial methods for practical public health

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 789-799

  White, P S ^a   Graham, F F ^b,c   Harte, D J G ^d   Baker, M G ^b   Ambrose, C D ^e   Humphrey, A R G ^e  

^a Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; cooling tower; disease outbreaks; epidemiology; Geographic Information Systems; Legionnaires' disease; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84874495561     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813002343     Document Type: Erratum

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