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Editorial
. 2006 Jun;60(6):464-6.
doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.037127.

The legionnaires' outbreak in Barrow-in-Furness, summer 2002

David Telford, Sue Partridge, Ian Cumming, Andrew Smith, Nigel Calvert
Editorial

The legionnaires' outbreak in Barrow-in-Furness, summer 2002

David Telford et al. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006 Jun.

Abstract

Lessons learnt from the UK's largest outbreak of legionnaires' disease.

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