Predicting the leakage performance of small bodyworn disposable incontinence pads using laboratory tests

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 556-571

  Cottenden, A M ^a,b   Dean, G E ^a,b   Brooks, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST PANCRAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbency; Clinical technical correlations; Incontinence; Incontinence pads; Standards

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; LEAKAGE (FLUID); STANDARDS;

ABSORBENCY; INCONTINENCE PADS;

DISPOSABLE BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCONTINENCE PADS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031238974     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(97)00014-3     Document Type: Article

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