Warming and sterilizing towels by microwave irradiation

Yonago Acta Medica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-88

  Tanaka, Yoshinori ^a   Fujiwara, Shoko ^a   Kataoka, Daisuke ^a   Takagaki, Tomonobu ^a   Takano, Shuichi ^a   Honda, Shoko ^a   Katayose, Michiko ^a   Kinosita, Yusuke ^a   Toyoshima, Yuko ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Microwave irradiation; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 53149114537     PISSN: 05135710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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