The recovery of bacteria from the handpiece of a high school telephone

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 18-20

  Yalowitz, Matthew ^a   Brook, Itzhak ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BACTERIUM;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH SCHOOL; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0037228580     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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