Measuring the validity of two in-office water test kits

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 363-371

  Bartoloni, Joseph A ^a   Porteous, Nuala B ^b   Zarzabal, Lee Ann ^b  

^a USAF   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Biofilms; Dental infection control; Dental unit waterlines; Water microbiology; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645025307     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2006.0186     Document Type: Article

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