Effect of Water Softening and Heating on Microbial Contamination of Dental Unit Systems

Zentralblatt fur Hygiene und Umweltmedizin

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 522-530

  Stampi, Serena ^a   Zanetti, Franca ^a   De Euca, Giovanna ^a   Romano, Giancarlo ^a   Pistacchio, Eleonora ^a   Tonelli, Enrico ^a  

^a Istituto di Igiene   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEATING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SANITATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; HEATING; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SOFTENING;

EID: 0030178047     PISSN: 09348859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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