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The Rationale of Guidelines for Infection Control in Dentistry: Precautionary Principle or Acceptable Risk?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Stefano Petti  and
Antonella Polimeni
Stefano Petti*
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy
Antonella Polimeni
Affiliation:
Department of Dental and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
*
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sanarelli Hygiene Building, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy, (stefano.petti@uniromal.it)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 12 , December 2010 , pp. 1308 - 1310
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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