Cellphones a modern stayhouse for bacterial pathogens

JK Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 127-129

  Arora, Usha ^a   Devi, Pushpa ^a   Chadha, Aarti ^a   Malhotra, Sita ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cellphones; Microorganism; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN DECONTAMINATION;

EID: 71949096703     PISSN: 09721177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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