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A Controlled Study of Legionella Concentrations in Water from Faucets with Aerators or Laminar Water Flow Devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Wen-Kuei Huang  and
Yusen Eason Lin
Wen-Kuei Huang
Affiliation:
Reference Medical Laboratory, Taichung, Taiwan
Yusen Eason Lin*
Affiliation:
National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
*
MBA, Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, 62 Shen-chong Rd., Yanchao, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 824 (easonlin@nknucc.nknu.edu.tw)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , June 2007 , pp. 765 - 766
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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