Endotoxin level as a potential marker of concentration of Gram-negative bacteria in water effluent from dental units and in dental aerosols

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-232

  Szymańska, Jolanta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Dental unit waterlines; Endotoxin; Gram negative bacteria; Water

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; ENDOTOXIN;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; DISINFECTION; DRILL; EFFLUENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DENTAL OFFICES; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; POLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33645062167     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 12321966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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