Environmental Degradation of Natural Rubber Latex Gloves: The Effects of Elevated Temperature on Tensile Strength

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 396-401

  Walsh, Donna L ^a   Chwirut, Daniel J ^a   Kotz, Richard M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorination; Environmental degradation; Gloves; Natural rubber latex; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011574896     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte12168j     Document Type: Article

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