National disease burden due to waterborne transmission of nosocomial pathogens is substantially overestimated

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Paul R Hunter. Arch Intern Med. 2003.

. 2003 Sep 8;163(16):1974; author reply 1974-5.

doi: 10.1001/archinte.163.16.1974-a.

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