Drainage systems, an occluded source of sanitation related outbreaks

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Blom, Kristina ^a  

^a Medibiome AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drains; Infections; Outbreaks; Pathogens; Resistance; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927723746     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-014-0056-6     Document Type: Article

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