Bactericidal effects of acidic electrolyzed water on the dental unit waterline

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 52-54

  Kohno, Shinya ^a   Kawata, Toshitsugu ^a   Kaku, Masato ^a   Fijita, Tadashi ^a   Tsutsui, Keisuke ^a   Ohtani, Junji ^a   Tenjo, Kaoru ^a   Motokawa, Masahide ^a   Tohma, Yuiko ^a   Shigekawa, Mao ^a   Kamata, Hiroko ^a   Tanne, Kazuo ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROLYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; JAPAN; LEGIONELLA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DISINFECTION; ELECTROLYSIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 2542451863     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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