Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 7-14 , January 2009

Water disinfection in the mountains – state of the art recommendation paper of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme Medical Commission

  • Thomas E.A.H. Küpper

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine, Aachen Technical University, Pauwelsstr. 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 (0)1520 1820256; fax: +49 (0)3222 1485489.
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  • Volker Schöffl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Klinikum Bamberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Jim S. Milledge

      Affiliations

    • University College London, Great Britain, UK

Received 6 July 2008 ,Revised 6 November 2008 ,Accepted 17 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.11.001

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
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