The Influence of Industrial Laundering of Hospital Textiles on the Properties of Cotton Fabrics

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-255

  Fijan, Sabina ^a   Šostar Turk, Sonja ^a   Neral, Branko ^a   Pušić, Tanja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

bleaching; cellulose; chemicals; cotton fabrics; laundering; quality parameters; textile care

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; COTTON FABRICS; DETERGENTS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CHEMICAL WEAR; GANZ DEGREE OF WHITENESS; HOSPITAL TEXTILES; TEXTILE CARE;

LAUNDERING;

BLEACHING; COTTON FABRIC; DETERGENT; GARMENT; LAUNDERING; MEDICAL TEXTILE;

EID: 34848920070     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517507077476     Document Type: Article

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