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Legionella Hospital Laboratory Testing Practices in Georgia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Ellen A. Whitney*
Affiliation:
Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Ruth L. Berkelman
Affiliation:
Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30322 (ewhitn2@emory.edu).
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Abstract

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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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