Problems with the decontamination of dental handpieces and other intra-oral dental equipment in hospitals
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 56 (1) , 1-5
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2003.09.006
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