Do contaminated dental unit waterlines pose a risk of infection?
Authors:
- Caroline L. PankhurstCPCaroline L. Pankhurst
- Wilson A. CoulterWCWilson A. Coulter
- 1 September 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Dentistry
- Vol. 35 (9) , 712-720
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