Potable water as a cause of sporadic cases of community-acquired legionnaires' disease.

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Published in N Engl J Med on January 16, 1992

Authors

J E Stout1, V L Yu, P Muraca, J Joly, N Troup, L S Tompkins

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1: University of Pittsburgh, PA.

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