Prediction of the shelf life of cellulose acetate hemodialyzers by Monte Carlo simulation

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 522-527

  Hutter, Joseph C ^a   Long, Michael C ^a   Do Luu, Hoan My ^a   Schroeder, LeRoy W ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; REACTION KINETICS;

DEGRADATION KINETICS; HEMODIALYSIS;

HEMODIALYZERS;

CELLULOSE ACETATE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEACETYLATION; DEGRADATION; DEVICE; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; HEMODIALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; SHELF LIFE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CELLULOSE ACETATE;

EID: 0034821261     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-200109000-00025     Document Type: Article

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