Exposure to airborne fungi during conservative dental treatment

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 177-179

  Szymańska, Jolanta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Bioaerosol; Dental unit waterlines disinfection; Dentistry

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CLINIC; DISINFECTION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GEOTRICHUM CANDIDUM; MICROFLORA; MOULD; PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPUS; YEAST;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTISTRY; DISINFECTION; FUNGI; HUMANS; POLAND;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ASPERGILLUS GLAUCUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIVERSUM; PENICILLIUM HERQUEI; PENICILLIUM ROSEOPURPUREUM; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER;

EID: 33746459381     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 12321966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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