Outbreak of legionnaires' disease in the United Kingdom

BMJ

Volumn 325, Issue 7371, 2002, Pages 1033-

  Bhopal, Raj S ^a   Kawane, Hiroshi ^b   Jones, Nikki C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing   (Japan)

^c GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85007683020     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7371.1033/a     Document Type: Letter

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