The physical chemistry of decontamination with gaseous hydrogen peroxide

Pharmaceutical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-32

  Hultman, Carl ^a,b   Hill, Aaron ^c,d   McDonnell, Gerald ^e,f,g,h,i,j  

^a GANNON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Steris Corporation   (United States)

^d ASME   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^f TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g Technical Affairs for Steris Corporation   (United Kingdom)

^h Technical Affairs for Steris Corporation ^*  (United Kingdom)

ⁱ American Society of Microbiology   (United States)

^j STERIS Limited   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; DRUG INDUSTRY; INFECTION CONTROL; PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; VAPOR;

EID: 33846653200     PISSN: 02738139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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