Antimicrobial textiles - Evaluation of their effectiveness and safety

Current Problems in Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2006, Pages 42-50

  Höfer, Dirk ^a  

^a Hohenstein Institutes   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; REVIEW; SAFETY; TEXTILE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; SAFETY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TEXTILES;

EID: 33750124168     PISSN: 14215721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000093935     Document Type: Review

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