Silver-containing alginate fibres and dressings

International Wound Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-176

  Qin, Yimin ^a  

^a JIAXING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alginate fibre; Antimicrobial; Silver ions

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; SILVER; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SILVER SODIUM HYDROGEN ZIRCONIUM PHOSPHATE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER CONTAINING WOUND DRESSING; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 28244478583     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4801.2005.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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