Legionella contamination in the water system of hospital dental settings

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Veronesi, Licia ^a   Capobianco, Emanuela ^a   Affanni, Paola ^a   Pizzi, Silvia ^b   Vitali, Pietro ^b   Tanzi, Maria Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dental chairs; Dental units; Hospital settings; Legionella; Water supply

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 36249006117     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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