Microbial quality of water in dental unit reservoirs

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 355-358

  Szymańska, Jolanta ^a,b   Wdowiak, Leszek ^a   Puacz, Elzbieta ^a   Stojek, Nimfa Maria ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dental unit waterline; Legionella; Microbial contamination

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DENTAL CARE; ENTEROCOCCUS; EXPOSURE; LEGIONELLA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; RESERVOIR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL OFFICES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; STEM CELLS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; LEGIONELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 11244339837     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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