Changes in Disposable Diaper Properties Caused by Wetting

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-142

  Yokura, Hiroko ^a   Niwa, Masako ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE PROPERTY; DIAPER; DISPOSABLE PRODUCT; HEAT TRANSFER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TESTING; WETTING;

EID: 0034032659     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750007000208     Document Type: Article

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