Biaxial flex-fatigue and viral penetration of natural rubber latex gloves before and after artificial aging

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 739-745

  Schwerin, Matthew R ^a   Walsh, Donna L ^a   Richardson, D Coleman ^a   Kisielewski, Richard W ^a   Kotz, Richard M ^a   Routson, Licia B ^b   Lytle, C David ^a  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accelerated aging; Fatigue; Flexing; Latex; Viral penetration

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LATEXES; RUBBER; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIAXIAL FLEXING;

BIOMATERIALS;

LATEX; RUBBER; BIOMATERIAL; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

AGING; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; STATISTICS; STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURGICAL GLOVE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VISCOELASTICITY; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI X 174; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; POWDER; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TIME; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGE PHI X 174; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEAT; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; POWDERS; RUBBER; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036435291     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.10467     Document Type: Article

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