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Guest Editorial

How safe is our drinking water?

Despite technologic advances, waterborne disease is still a threat

, PhD & , MD
Pages 11-14 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015

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Selected reading

  • Breiman RF, Butler JC. Legionnaires' disease: clinical, epidemiological, and public health perspectives. Semin Respir Infect 1998; 13(2): 84–9

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