Risk and management in hospital water systems for Legionella pneumophila: A case study in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 453-459

  Ferreira, Aldo Pacheco ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hospital water system; Legionella pneumophila; Nosocomial legionellosis

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DISEASE CONTROL; DRINKING WATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAZIL; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 9144268478     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120400012827     Document Type: Article

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