Pinpointing clusters of apparently sporadic cases of Legionnaires' disease.

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Published in BMJ on April 18, 1992

Authors

R S Bhopal1, P Diggle, B Rowlingson

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Health Care Sciences, Newcastle upon Tyne.

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