Evaluation of toxicity of medical devices using spirotox and microtox tests: I. Toxicity of selected toxicants in various diluents

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-105

  Nałȩcz Jawecki, Grzegorz ^a   Rudź, Beata ^a   Sawicki, Józef ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; PROTOZOA; TISSUE CULTURE; TOXICITY;

MICROTOX TEST; SPIROSTOMUM AMBIGUUM; SPIROTOX TEST; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

CADMIUM; DILUENT; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ORGANIC SOLVENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; EXTRACT; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CILIOPHORA; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SOLVENTS; VIBRIO;

EID: 0031128288     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199704)35:1<101::AID-JBM10>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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