The efficacy of a continuous-use stabilized chlorine dioxide dental unit waterline cleaner and the evaluation of two water sampling methods

General Dentistry

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 472-476

  Porteous, Nuala B ^a   Cooley, Robert L ^b   Lau, C Allen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b OSHA Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DIOXIDE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; OXIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; LABORATORY TEST; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL DISINFECTANTS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; OXIDES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 2142660240     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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