Statistical modeling of dental unit water bacterial test kit performance

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 39-44

  Cohen, Mark E ^a   Harte, Jennifer A ^b   Stone, Mark E ^a   O'Connor, Karen H ^a   Coen, Michael L ^a   Cullum, Malford E ^a  

^a Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 34248157741     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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