Nanotech silver fights microbes in medical devices

Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2005, Pages 57-61

  Tobler, David ^a,b   Warner, Lenna ^c  

^a Nexxion Corporation   (United States)

^b Ionic Fusion Corporation   (United States)

^c Mamalu Partners Inc   (United States)

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EID: 27844468639     PISSN: 0194844X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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