Breaks and maintenance work in the water distribution systems and gastrointestinal illness: a cohort study.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on March 27, 2007

Authors

Karin Nygård1, Erik Wahl, Truls Krogh, Odd Atle Tveit, Erik Bøhleng, Aage Tverdal, Preben Aavitsland

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Disease Control, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway. kany@fhi.no

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