Ozone air levels adjacent to a dental ozone gas delivery system

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 324-330

  Johansson, Elisabeth ^a,c   Andersson Wenckert, Ingrid ^a   Hagenbjörk Gustafsson, Annika ^b   Van Dijken, Jan W V ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caries; Micro organisms; Ozone; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OZONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BICUSPID; DENTAL DISINFECTANTS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FOMITES; GAS SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; MOLAR; OZONE; SAFETY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 37049035926     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350701687247     Document Type: Article

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