Italian multicenter study on infection hazards during dental practice: Control of environmental microbial contamination in public dental surgeries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Castiglia, Paolo ^a   Liguori, Giorgio ^b   Montagna, Maria Teresa ^c   Napoli, Christian ^c   Pasquarella, Cesira ^d   Bergomi, Margherita ^e   Fabiani, Leila ^f   Monarca, Silvano ^g   Petti, Stefano ^h   De Benedittis, M ⁱ   Alberti, A ⁱ   Ferretti, D ⁱ   Gigola, P ⁱ   Grottolo, M ⁱ   Zani, C ⁱ   Zerbini, I ⁱ   Giannoni, M ⁱ   Giuliani, A R ⁱ   Trasarti, S ⁱ   Guerrieri, E ⁱ   D'Onofrio, V ⁱ   Galle F ⁱ   Lucariello, A ⁱ   Pasquino, V ⁱ   Savino, A ⁱ   Tarsitani, G ⁱ   Campus, G ⁱ   Luglie P F ⁱ   Maida, C ⁱ   Sotgiu, G ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTAL SURGERY; FILTER; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LEGIONELLA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL FACILITY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL OFFICES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LEGIONELLA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 47249108195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-187     Document Type: Article

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